Legal Opinion
H.K. Mallak, Inc. v. Fairfield Fmc Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 9, 2000No. 99-1766PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
This diversity case requires us to construe a Wisconsin statute designed to protect what the common law quaintly called “innkeepers” — today’s hotels and motels— from potentially astronomical liability for theft of property stored by guests in their rooms. The thieves here were either exceptionally lucky or they knew only too well who their target was. As he stepped into his room for the first time, with more than $1 million in diamonds wrapped around his body, salesman Eshagh Kashi-mallak was assaulted by masked men and stripped of his valuable inventory.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Sandra L. Waldridge v. American Hoechst Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Jtc Petroleum Company v. Piasa Motor Fuels, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- Denise MARKHAM, Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Francis E. WHITE, Et Al., Defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- Hilbert L. Bradley v. Frederick T. Work, Randall T. Shepard, InterveningCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Continental Casualty Company v. Anderson Excavating & Wrecking CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
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3Cited by2 opinions
- 4901 Corporation v. Town of CiceroCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- 4901 Corporation, an Illinois Corporation, D/B/A Pure Gold and Dollounge, Incorporated, an Illinois Corporation, D/B/A Dollounge v. Town of Cicero, an Illinois Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000