Snyder's-Lance Inc. v. Cowen Truck Line, Inc.

In this diversity action, Snyder’s-Lance Inc. (“SLI”), appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Cowen Truck Line, Inc. (“Cowen”), on SLI’s complaint seeking to recover from Cowen, pursuant to a contractual indemnity provision, expenses incurred in defending and settling a wrongful-death lawsuit. After a review of the record and the parties’ briefs, we affirm. 1

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SLI is a snack-food manufacturer. Through a transportation consultant— Transportation Insight, LLC — SLI hired Cowen, a freight carrier, to haul goods from an SLI plant in Ohio to an SLI plant in Florida.…