LOPARDO v. FLEMING COMPANIES, INC.

Nos. 95-2694, 95-2771.

97 F.3d 921 (1996)

Richard J. LOPARDO and Catherine A. Lopardo, Plaintiffs-Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. FLEMING COMPANIES, INC., Godfrey Company, and Store Equipment, Inc., Defendants Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Intervenor Defendant-Appellee, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and American Motorists Insurance Company, Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis L. Fisher (argued), Christopher L. Rexroat, Meissner & Tierney, Milwaukee, WI, for Catherine A. Lopardo in both cases.

Christopher L. Rexroat, Meissner & Tierney, Milwaukee, WI, for Richard J. Lopardo in No. 95-2694.

Russell C. Brannen, O'Neil, Cannon & Hollman, Edward A. Hannan, Hugh R. Braun (argued), M. Susan Maloney, Godfrey, Braun & Hayes, Milwaukee, WI, for Godfrey Co. and Store Equipment, Inc. in No. 95-2694.

Russell C. Brannen, O'Neil, Cannon & Hollman, Edward A. Hannan, M. Susan Maloney, Godfrey Braun & Hayes, Milwaukee, WI, for Fleming Companies, Inc. in No. 95-2694.

Kurt H. Frauen (argued), Bogelt, Powell, Peterson & Frauen, Milwaukee, WI, for Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. in No. 95-2694.

James E. Bors, Rick E. Hills (argued), Hills & Hicks, Brookfield, WI, for American Motorists Ins. Co. in No. 95-2694.

Dennis L. Fisher, Christopher L. Rexroat, Meissner & Tierney, Milwaukee, WI, for Richard J. Lopardo in No. 95-2771.

Russell C. Brannen, O'Neil, Cannon & Hollman, Milwaukee, WI, Hugh R. Braun (argued), Godfrey, Braun & Hayes, Milwaukee, WI, for Fleming Companies, Inc. in No. 95-2771.

Russell C. Brannen, O'Neil, Cannon & Hollman, Milwaukee, WI, Hugh R. Braun, Godfrey, Braun & Hayes, Milwaukee, WI, for Godfrey Co. and Store Equipment, Inc. in No. 95-2771.

Before EASTERBROOK, KANNE, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

A pier on Middle Lake, Lauderdale Lakes, Wisconsin, provides the backdrop for this decade-long saga between Richard and Catherine Lopardo, on the one hand, and the Godfrey Company and its affiliates, on the other. Our role in this diversity case is to decide whether the district court correctly awarded the relatively modest sum of $54,920 to the Lopardos as compensation for Godfrey's maintenance of a pier that interfered with their riparian...

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