United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit to recover an erroneous payment relating to a train derailment, summary judgment for the recipient of the payment is vacated and remanded where the voluntary-payment doctrine did not apply so as to bar the suit.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/16/2007
• Decided 12/05/2007
• Published 12/05/2007

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, RIPPLE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles L. Howard (argued), Keenan Cohen & Howard, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bradley R. Sugarman (argued), Sommer Barnard, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.