United States Seventh Circuit
Reliance Nat'l Ins. Co. v. Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., 04-4120, 04-4148
In an interpleader action involving recovery of insurance proceeds for damages arising out of a fatal collision between two airplines, judgment awarding contribution of insurance funds to two settlement tortfeasors is reversed where it was barred by Illinois law.
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/28/2005
- Published 11/28/2005
Judges
- POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- C. Kevin McCabe, Lord Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.
- For Appellees:
- Richard E. Boyle, Gundlach, Lee, Eggmann, Boyle & Roessler, Belleville, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Raytheon Aircraft Co. in 04-4120 and 04-4148., James G. Goggin (argued), Verrill & Dana, Portland, ME, for Defendants-Appellants Arny Berger, Patricia A. Beville and Deborah A. DeSalle in 04-4120 and Ketura Brueck, Vicki L. Carlson, Darl Heffelbower, Kathleen Reed in 04-4148., John W. Adler (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Great Lakes Aviation, Limited in 04-4120 and 04-4128.