PENTAIR, INC. v. AMERICAN GUARANTEE AND LIABILITY INS.

No. 03-3236.

400 F.3d 613 (2005)

PENTAIR, INC., Plaintiff — Appellant, v. AMERICAN GUARANTEE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant — Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 11, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan L. Kildow, argued, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

David Bland, argued, Minneapolis, MN (Heather McNeff, on the brief), for appellee.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON and BYE, Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Chief Judge.

An earthquake struck Taiwan in September 1999, disabling a substation that provided electric power to two Taiwanese factories. Lacking power, the factories could not manufacture products they were supplying to a subsidiary of Pentair, Inc. When production resumed two weeks later, Pentair shipped orders from Taiwan via airfreight to meet its customers' needs for the Christmas season, resulting in additional costs of $634,731. Pentair filed a claim...

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