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SIMMONS, INC. v. PINKERTON'S, INC.

No. 84-1524.

762 F.2d 591 (1985)

SIMMONS, INC., a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PINKERTON'S, INC., a corporation and National Surety Corporation, a corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 28, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. McQuillan, Spangler, Jennings, Spangler & Dougherty, P.C., Merrillville, Ind., for defendants-appellants.

James D. Steiner, Robins, Zelle, Larson & Kaplan, Minneapolis, Minn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUDAHY and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Defendants-appellants Pinkerton's, Inc. and National Surety Corporation appeal a judgment against them in an action for property damages arising out of a fire at a warehouse owned by plaintiff-appellee Simmons, Inc. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Simmons and assessed damages in the amount of $971,012.65. We affirm.

I.

Simmons, a manufacturer of residential and commercial bedding, owned a warehouse in Munster, Indiana...

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