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West Side Salvage<\/a> had insurance coverage from RSUI Indemnity<\/a> that included $12 million in liability insurance and a secondary level of $11 million in coverage. The underlying lawsuit involved the injuries to John Jentz and Robert Schmidt who were severely injured when a grain elevator exploded.\u00a0ConAgra<\/a> was the owner of the storage grain elevator and hired West Side Salvage to eliminate explosive hazards. When Jentz and Schmidt sued ConAgra and West Side, ConAgra sued the independent contractor.<\/p>\n

During trial, it seemed that the defense witnesses were ineffective. There was a \u201cscramble\u201d to settle the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is clear from the record that every attorney who worked on this case thought at one time or another that there should have been a way to settle the case,\u201d wrote Chief U.S. District Court Judge Michael J. Reagan<\/a>. \u201cEmails and letters during the trial showed the insistence of various parties on finding a way to settle, and the deposition testimony and declarations of lawyers reflect almost a sense of remorse that settlement never was achieved in the underlying litigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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West Side Salvage had insurance coverage from RSUI Indemnity that included $12 million in liability insurance and a secondary level of $11 million in coverage. 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