Warner/Elektra/Atlantic Corp. v. County of DuPage

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs Warner/Elektra/Atlantic Corporation and Warner Communications, Inc. (collectively, “Warner”), together with their insurer, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. (“Fireman’s Fund”), brought this action to recoup the losses they sustained when the warehouse which Warner leased in Bensenville, Illinois was flooded on two occasions in the summer of 1982. The flooding damaged or destroyed a number of record albums, cassettes, and eight-track tapes stored in the warehouse. All defendants except the County of DuPage,…