Legal Opinion

Safeco Insurance Company of America v. W.B. Browning Construction Co., Inc., Jpb Enterprises, Inc., D/B/A Courion Industries

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided September 29, 1989No. 88-6364PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Safeco Insurance Company of America (Safeco) appeals the grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant JPB Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Courion Industries (Courion). The district court, in granting summary judgment, awarded Courion $14,-920 on its counterclaim for the balance due under a construction contract. For the following reasons, we hold that the district court erred in granting summary judgment for Courion, and that summary judgment should have been entered in Safeco’s favor.

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2Cases cited13 opinions

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  2. Clifford F. MacEvoy Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Calvin Tomkins Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Farwest Steel Corp. v. Mainline Metal Works, Inc.Court of Appeals of Washington · 1987
  4. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company v. United States of America for the Use and Benefit of Gibson Steel Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
  5. Hightower v. BaileyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1900

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Nadine Hemminghaus v. State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2014
  2. Atlantic Sea-Con, Ltd. v. Robert Dann Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1990

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