National Union Fire Insurance v. American Motorists Insurance

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This insurance case — a diversity suit governed by Illinois law by default, neither party having argued choice of law, Camp v. TNT Logistics Corp., 553 F.3d 502, 505 (7th Cir.2009) — arose out of an accident at the John Hancock Center in downtown Chicago. Dissatisfied with the district court’s judgment, both sides appeal.

The building is owned and managed, respectively, by two affiliated companies, SRI Michigan Avenue Venture, LLC and Shorenstein Realty Services, L.P. But six other affiliates of these two Shorenstein entities are involved in this case as well, and we’ll…