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WEST LAFAYETTE CORP. v. TAFT CONTRACTING CO., INC.

No. 98-4145.

178 F.3d 840 (1999)

WEST LAFAYETTE CORPORATION, formerly known as E/M Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TAFT CONTRACTING COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 10, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Serritella (argued), Ross & Hardies, Chicago, IL, Francis J. Marasa, Sweeney & Riman, Chicago, IL, for E/M Corporation.

Joseph P. Postel (argued), Meachum, Spahr, Haszto, Postel & Hittle, Chicago, IL, for Taft Contracting Co., Inc.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Taft Contracting agreed to do some work at the premises of West Lafayette Corp., then known as E/M. The agreement provided that Taft would secure insurance for E/M's benefit and indemnify it to the extent of any shortfall in insurance. To fulfil this promise Taft relied on a special endorsement to its own insurance policy, issued by Liberty Mutual. This endorsement extended coverage to any firm for which Taft had agreed to procure insurance...

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