UNITED THERMAL IND. v. ASBESTOS TRAINING & EMP.

No. 89-3769.

920 F.2d 1345 (1990)

UNITED THERMAL INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ASBESTOS TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1990.

Rehearing Denied January 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sara L. Nierste, Michael W. Maurizio, Osman & Associates, Dongola, for plaintiff-appellant.

John L. Kelly, Jr., Vegter, Fisher, Kelly & O'Toole, Merrillville, Ind., for defendant-appellee.

Before WOOD, Jr., CUDAHY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Words, we are reminded by Humpty Dumpty, mean what parties want them to mean — neither more nor less. Our task in this contract interpretation case, like that of Alice, is interpreting words without knowing with certainty what the parties meant by them.

This action is an appeal in diversity for breach of contract. The magistrate found ambiguity in the terms of a contract and looked at the negotiating history to determine what...

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