MATTER OF CELOTEX CORP.

Bankruptcy Nos. 90-10016-8B1, 90-10017-8B1. Adv. No. 91-40.

196 B.R. 973 (1996)

In the Matter of the CELOTEX CORPORATION, et al., Debtors. The CELOTEX CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiff, v. AIU INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida, Tampa Division.

June 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey W. Warren, Bush, Ross, Gardner, Warren & Rudy, P.A., Tampa, FL, for debtors.

Charles P. Schropp, William R. Daniel, Schropp, Buell & Elligett, P.A., Tampa, FL, Deborah A. Swindells, Karen L. Bush, Nicholas J. Zoogman, Anderson, Kill, Olick & Oshinsky, Washington, DC, Stephen A. Madva, Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, Bruce Bishop, Willcox & Savage, Norfolk, VA, George N. Wood, Vice President and General Counsel, Tampa, FL, for plaintiffs.

Sara Kistler, Assistant United States Trustee, Tampa, FL.

John W. Kozyak, Kozyak Tropin Throckmorton & Humphreys, P.A., Miami, FL, for Asbestos Property Damage Claimants Committee.

Charles M. Tatelbaum, Johnson, Blakely, Pope, Boker, Ruppel & Burns, P.A., Clearwater, FL, for Unsecured Trade Creditors Committee.

William Knight Zewadski, Trenam, Kemker, Scharf, Barkin, Frye, O'Neill & Mullis, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Unofficial Asbestos Health Claim Co-Defendants Committee.

H.C. Goplerud, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, Tampa, FL, Sheldon S. Toll, Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn, Detroit, MI, for Asbestos Health Claimants Committee.

Daniel C. Sauls, John Flyger, Steptoe & Johnson Company, Washington, DC, for Highlands Insurance Co.; Old Republic Insurance Company.

Robert J. Bates, Jr., Maryann C. Hayes, Stanley V. Figura, Bates Meckler Bugler & Tilson, Chicago, IL, for Eric Reinsurance Company.

Deborah M. Paris, Paris & Associates, Tampa, FL, for Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London (Plaisted).

John A. Yanchunis, Blasingame Forizs & Smiljanich, St. Petersburg, FL, for Transportation Insurance Company, Continental Casualty Company, Columbia Casualty Company, Eric Reinsurance Company and Zurich American Insurance Company.

David C. McLauchlan, Andrew Kochanowski, Lord Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, for Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London.

Thomas B. Keegan, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Chicago, IL, for Employers Mutual Casualty Company.

William Clearly, Mendes & Mount, New York City, for Barrett and London Market Companies.

Gregory J. Willis, Bart Billbrough, Walton Lantaff Schroeder & Carson, Miami, FL, for Florida Insurance Guaranty Association, Inc.

W. Gray Dunlap, Jr., Tampa, FL, for Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, First State Insurance Company and Twin City Fire Insurance Company.

Rolph Gilbertson, Zeele & Larson, Minneapolis, MN, for Employers Insurance of Wausau.

Margaret Jones, Grippo & Eldon, Chicago, IL, for American Insurance Company and National Surety Corporation.

Thomas B. Mimms, Jr., MacFarlane Ferguson, Tampa, FL, for American Home Assurance Company, AIU Insurance Company, Highlands Insurance Company, Old Republic Insurance Company, Granite State Insurance Company, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA., Employers Mutual Casualty Company, American Insurance Company, National Surety Company, St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance Company.

Christine A. Nykiel, Jackson & Cambell, Washington, DC, for American Home Assurance Company, AIU Insurance Company, Granite State Insurance Company, Lexington Insurance Company, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA.

Elizabeth G. Repaal, Harris Barrett, Mann & Dew, Tampa, FL, for Northbrook, as successor in interest to Allstate Insurance Company.

Mary A. Lau, Lau Lane Pieper Conley & McCreadie, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Employers Insurance Company of Wausau.

Elizabeth B. Sandza, Cynthia T. Andreason, Leboeuf Lamb Greene & Macrae, Washington, DC, for Hudson Insurance Company and Gibraltar Casualty Company.

William S. Daskam, IV, Butler Burnette & Pappas, Tampa, FL, for Continental Insurance Company.

Rick Dalan, Clearwater, FL, for Royal Indemnity Company.

Jeffrey A. Aman, Aman & Lins, Tampa, FL, for Insurance Company of North America and California Union Insurance Company.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

THOMAS E. BAYNES, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This cause came on for final evidentiary hearing upon the adversary proceeding filed by Celotex Corporation and Carey Canada, Inc., (collectively referred to hereinafter as Debtor). Debtor seeks a declaratory judgment as to the insurance coverage under numerous insurance policies purchased by Debtor for: 1) asbestos property damage;1 2) asbestos...

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