Legal Opinion
HK Systems, Inc. v. Eaton Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 28, 2009No. 07-3596PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is a diversity suit for breach of contract. The substantive issue, one of Wisconsin law, is the scope of an indemnification clause in a contract for the sale of a business. The clause required the seller, defendant Eaton, to indemnify the buyer, plaintiff HK, for all losses resulting from any “misrepresentation,” “act or omission,” or “occurrence of a matter ... relating to or arising out of the period on or before the Closing Date.”
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