Opinion ID: 2144159
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Heading: Hartford's Complaint

Text: Hartford is the subrogee of several additional individuals and businesses that it insures. Hartford opted out of the certified class and filed a complaint, which it subsequently amended, against the City and Great Lakes. Hartford's complaint included a strict tort liability claim based on an ultrahazardous activity theory and a nuisance claim. The trial court granted the City's and Great Lakes' motion to dismiss these claims. The court again ruled that pile driving is not an ultrahazardous activity. The court also dismissed the nuisance claim as to Hartford's subrogors who did not incur any: (1) invasion of their property by the flood waters; and (2) property damage, but rather only an economic loss ( Moorman ). The court allowed Hartford to appeal immediately from the dismissal of these counts (155 Ill.2d R. 304(a)). We note that a federal court, in an admiralty proceeding, has stayed all flood-related litigation as to Great Lakes. Claims against Great Lakes fall within federal admiralty jurisdiction and must be pursued in federal court under the Limitation of Vessel Owner's Liability Act (46 App.U.S.C. § 181 et seq. (1982)). See Jerome B. Grubart, Inc. v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., 513 U.S. 527, 115 S.Ct. 1043, 130 L.Ed.2d 1024 (1995).