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GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CO. v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 99-3777, 99-3844, 99-3877 & 00-4295.

260 F.3d 789 (2001)

GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK COMPANY, Plaintiff, Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants, Counter-Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Commercial Union Insurance Company, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 10, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane M. Kelley (argued), Jack J. Crowe, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Hugh C. Griffin, Don W. Fowler (argued), Lord Bissell & Brook, Steven B. Belgrade, Belgrade & O'Donnell, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellants.

Duane M. Kelley (argued), Winston & Strawn, Michael A. Forti, Lawrence W. Rosenthal, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Appeals Division, William J. Harte, Harte & Associates, Kenneth A. Kroot (argued), Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for intervenors-appellees.

Laura A. Foggan, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae.

Before CUDAHY, COFFEY, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

The Chicago Flood of 1992 occurred when the Chicago River sprung a leak and drained into a tunnel system connecting many buildings in the Loop. Events were set in motion in August and September 1991, when Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. replaced the pilings ("dolphins") protecting the Kinzie Street Bridge. Because of Great Lakes' carelessness, poor maps or other directions provided by the City, or a combination of events, Great Lakes...

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