Legal Opinion
Marv Hixon D/B/A Hixon Home Improvement, and American States Insurance Company v. Sherwin-Williams Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 12, 1982No. 81-2312PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
In this diversity case we decide a question of federal jurisdiction plus several questions under the common law of Indiana.
Mr. and Mrs. Chess, who are not parties to this litigation, sustained several hundred dollars in water damage to the kitchen floor of their home in Indiana. Their homeowner’s insurer, American States Insurance Company, a nonresident corporation, hired a local contractor, Marv Hixon, to install a new linoleum floor in the kitchen. Too busy to attend to the contract himself, Hixon subcontracted the job to the SherwinWilliams Company, another…
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