INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
FORTY-EIGHT INSULATIONS, INC., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, and
Affiliated FM Insurance Co., Illinois Nat'l Insurance Co., Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Defendants-Appellants, and
Travelers Indemnity of Rhode Island, Defendant-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 10, 1979.
Decided October 21, 1980.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Michael R. Gallagher, Thomas E. Betz, Alan M. Petrov, Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton, Norman & Mollison, Cleveland, Ohio, G. Cammeron Buchanan, Buchanan, Ogne & Jinks, Troy, Mich., for Insurance Co. of North America.
William C. Murphy, Reid, Ochsenschlager, Murphy & Hupp, Richard L. Horwitz, Aurora, Ill., W. Robert Chandler, Cross, Wrock, Muller & Vieson, Detroit, Mich., for Forty-Eight Insulations.
Ralph W. Barbier, Jr., Barbier, Goulet, Petersmarck & McFarland, St. Clair Shores, Mich., for Affiliated FM Ins.
David M. Tyler, Tyler, Canham, Goulding, Morad & Warner, Detroit, Mich., for Illinois Nat'l Ins.
Richard J. Tonkin, Detroit, Mich., for Travelers Ins.
Jack H. Erps, Birmingham, Mich., Gerald V. Weigle, Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio, for Liberty Mutual Ins.
Richard A. Dean, Arter & Haddin, Cleveland, Ohio, for amicus, Combustion Engineering, Inc.
Donald McG. Rose, Frost & Jacobs, Cincinnati, Ohio, for amicus, Keener Corp.
Charles R. Parrott, Craig E. Stewart, Brian T. Kenner, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, Mass., for amicus, Eagle-Picher Industries.
Michael Dowd, Philip McGuire, Nancy Gleason, Dowd, Dowd & Dowd, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for amicus, Northbrook Excess and Surplus Ins., Co.
Francis J. Bousquet, Herlihy & O'Brien, Boston, Mass., for amicus, American Motorists Ins. Co.
John P. McMahon, George, Greek, King, McMahon & McDonnaughey, Columbus, Ohio, for amicus curiae, Federal Ins. Co. of Short Hills, N. J., and Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. of San Francisco, Cal.
Lewis Herman, Standard, Weisberg, Heckerling & Rosow, New York City, for amicus, Leslie Eric Kemp and Philip Alan Froude and Underwriters at Lloyd's London and Turegum Ins. Co., et al.
Mary Ann D'Amato, Mendes & Mount, New York City, for amicus, Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, and Walbrook Ins. Co. Ltd. et al.
John P. Arness, David J. Hensler, Elliott M. Mincberg, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae, Hartford Acc. and Indem. Co.
Before KEITH and MERRITT, Circuit Judges, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
KEITH, Circuit Judge.
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