Limiting the Time For Indemnification

    Here's a Seventh Circuit decision (Foskett v. Great Wolf Resorts, et al.) full of information regarding claim accrual for negligent design, indemnification, and the theory of risk allocation.  Two parties had entered into an asset purchase agreement with mutual indemnification clauses.  Buyer and Seller had agreed to a sunset provision in Seller's indemnification provision.  A claim accrued after the sunset provision and, on appeal, the court enforced the provision.

The Importance of A Proper Deed

    In an eminent domain case, Marseilles Hydro Power, LLC v. Marseilles Land and Water Co., arising under the Federal Power Act, and involving the interesting issue of deed construction and proper drafting, the Seventh Circuit has laid out some interesting points regarding deed construction premised on prior recordings and conveyances, along with an affirmation of the eminent domain standards applicable to the Federal Power Act.