SONOCO BLDGS., INC. v. AMERICAN HOME ASSUR. CO.

No. 88-1398.

877 F.2d 1350 (1989)

SONOCO BUILDINGS, INC., a DIVISION OF SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Koss, Kasdorf Lewis & Swietlik, S.C., James M. Ryan, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant-appellant.

Russell M. Lein, Howard Peterman Solochek Grodin & Nashban, S.C., Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge, and WILL, Senior District Judge.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves a cargo of building construction panels transported from Wisconsin to Missouri pursuant to a shipping contract in which time was of the essence. The panels never reached the Missouri construction site but turned up five months later in an Illinois truck depot. Sonoco Buildings, Inc. (Sonoco), the panels manufacturer, sued American Home Assurance Company (American), the carrier's insurer, for the loss. The district...

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