HENDRICKS v. NOVAE CORPORATE UNDERWRITING, LTD

No. 16-1712.

868 F.3d 542 (2017)

Diane M. HENDRICKS and Hendricks Holding Company, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NOVAE CORPORATE UNDERWRITING, LTD., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 18, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Pearson , Daryl Davis I , for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Peter Francis Lovato III , John E. Black Jr. , W. Joel Vander Vliet , for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Posner, Williams, and Sykes, Circuit Judges.


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