Legal Opinion
Continental Casualty Company v. Anderson Excavating & Wrecking Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 27, 1999No. 98-3730PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The Continental insurance company brought suit in the Northern District of Illinois under 28 U.S.C. § 1333 (admiralty) against two of its insureds, McDonough Marine Service and Anderson Excavating & Wrecking Company, seeking a declaration that it was not liable to them on their policies. Anderson had been hired by the Army Corps of Engineers to demolish the wall of a concrete lock in the Mississippi River and remove the debris. It chartered barges from McDonough. The charter agreement required it both to indemnify McDonough for any damage to the barges while they were in…
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