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HAMLIN INC. v. HARTFORD ACC. & INDEM. CO.

Nos. 95-3251, 95-3255 and 95-3334.

86 F.3d 93 (1996)

HAMLIN INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY, Home Insurance Company, and Home Indemnity Company, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 7, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James O. Huber, Michael G. McCarty (argued), Brett H. Ludwig, Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, WI, for Hamlin Inc.

Thomas R. Schrimpf (argued), Susan R. Tyndall, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Milwaukee, WI, for Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co.

Philip L. Bruner (argued), Bruce Jones, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, MN, Craig W. Nelson, Nelson, Dries & Zimmerman, Brookfield, WI, for Home Ins. Co., Home Indem. Co.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and MANION, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

The DICKEY-john Corporation filed a suit against Hamlin Inc. for breach of contract and breach of warranty. The suit was eventually settled for $2.6 million and Hamlin turned around and brought the present suit, a diversity suit governed by Wisconsin common law, against two of its liability insurers (actually three, but two are affiliates and need not be distinguished), to recover the $2.6 million. Hamlin charges that the two insurers breached...

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