Legal Opinion
Gates Formed Fibre Products, Inc. v. Imperial Casualty & Indemnity Co.
District Court, D. Maine
Decided December 2, 1988No. Civ. 87-0222-PPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO STRIKE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE THAT A SETTLEMENT TERMINATED THE OBLIGATION TO INDEMNIFY UNDER THE POLICY
GENE CARTER, District Judge.
Gates Formed Fibre Products, Inc. (“Gates”) is a Colorado corporation with a plant located in Maine. In 1985, Gates purchased from Plasti-Vac, Inc. (“PVI”) a thermoforming machine to be used in Gates’s manufacturing facility in Maine. In April 1986, Gates sued PVI for damages it suffered as a result of the thermoform-ing machine’s failure to perform satisfactorily. Gates claimed damages totaling just over…
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