STONEWALL INS. CO. v. ASBESTOS CLAIMS MANAGEMENT

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Christie, Philadelphia, Pa. (James A.A. Pabarue, Rex F. Brien, Lynne A. Sitarski, Christie, Pabarue, Mortensen and Young; Nelson F. Barry, Bishop, Barry, Howe, Haney & Ryder, San Francisco, Cal., on the brief), for defendant-appellant-cross-appellee Commercial Union Insurance Company.

David F. Abernethy, Wilson M. Brown, III, Philadelphia, Pa., Charles K. O'Neill, New York City (Lawrence A. Nathanson, Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pa.; Theresa W. Hajost, John W. Scott, Chadbourne & Parke, New York City, on the briefs), for defendants-appellants-cross-appellees Republic Insurance Company and American Motorists Insurance Company.

Charles A. Booth, New York City (J. Katherine Scott, Suzanne M. Bernard, Justin N. Kinney, Ford Marrin Esposito Witmeyer & Gleser, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellant-cross-appellee Continental Casualty Company.

David Holmes, New York City (Leonard A. Sheft, Sheft & Sheft, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee Stonewall Insurance Company.

Barry R. Ostrager, New York City (Jonathan P. Rich, Jean A. Andrews, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellant-cross-appellee The Constitution State Insurance Company.

Thomas M. Reiter, Donald E. Seymour, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Gail Kamnitz, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee-cross-appellant Asbestos Claims Management Corporation.

Mary Ann D'Amato, George L. Maniatis, Mendes & Mount, New York City, submitted a brief for defendant-appellant-cross-appellee London Market Insurers.

James vanR. Springer, Howard Schiffman, Melinda Burrows, Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Washington, D.C., submitted a brief for defendant-appellant-cross-appellee Affiliated FM Insurance Company.

Kevin Barry McHugh, Costello Shea & Gaffney, New York City, submitted a brief for defendant-appellant-cross-appellee Houston General Insurance Company.

Edwin L. Smith, Joy R. Simon, Smith & Laquercia, P.C., New York City, submitted a brief for defendant-appellant-cross-appellee Old Republic Insurance Company.

Kevin W. Wolff, McElroy, Deutsch & Mulvaney, Morristown, N.J., submitted a brief for defendant-appellant-cross-appellee United States Fire Insurance Company and third-party-defendant-appellant-cross-appellee International Insurance Company.

Paul Verbesey, Kramer Martynetz & Verbesey, New York City, submitted a brief for defendant-appellant-cross-appellee Employers Insurance of Wausau.

Eugene R. Anderson, Anderson Kill Olick & Oshinsky, New York City; Martha Churchill, Mid-America Legal Foundation, Chicago, Ill., submitted a brief for amicus curiae Mid-America Legal Foundation.

Laura A. Foggan, Marilyn E. Kerst, Dennis A. Tosh, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, D.C., submitted a brief for amicus curiae Insurance Environmental Litigation Ass'n.

Robert N. Sayler, William F. Greaney, Rebecca S. Campbell, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C.; Kurt W. Melchior, Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott, San Francisco, Cal.; Tom F. Freeman, David M. Halbreich, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal.; Anthony Bartell, McArthur & English, Newark, N.J., submitted briefs for amici curiae Armstrong World Industries, Inc., The Flintkote Company, Western Mac-Arthur Company, and Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Before: NEWMAN, Chief Judge, WINTER and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.

Glossary .................................................................. 1186
Background ................................................................ 1187

  I. Asbestos Claims Against NGC and NGC's Insurance Policies ............. 1187

     A. Bodily Injury and Property Damage Claims .......................... 1187
     B. NGC's Insurance Program ........................................... 1187
     C. The ACF...

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                

                            
                            

                                

                                    

                                        

                                        

                                        

                                    
                                
                                

                                    
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