Supplier’s Purchase Order Does Not Confer Additional Insured Status
The district court ruled that there was no duty to defend the purported additional insured because a purchase order did not invoke additional insured status. Fed. Signal Corp. v. Tammcor Indus., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47574 (N.D. Ill. April 7, 2016). Federal Signal designed a speaker system that was installed on a Navy supply ship. Tammcor supplied Federal Signal with the metal housing for the speaker system. A speaker on the ship allegedly malfunctioned and sent debris into the eyes of a nearby person. The injured party sued Federal Signal. The parties ultimately settled. Federal Signal then sought indemnification for defending and settling the lawsuit. It sued Tammcor and also named Tammcor's insurer, Peerless Indemnity Insurance, as a defendant. The lawsuit alleged that Federal Signal was an…