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MICHIGAN CHEMICAL CORP. v. TRAVELERS INDEM. CO.

No. G76-96 CA5.

530 F.Supp. 147 (1982)

MICHIGAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Plaintiff, and American Mutual Reinsurance Company, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. The TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY, et. al., Defendants, and AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, Principal Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. MIDLAND INSURANCE COMPANY, Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Michigan, S. D.

January 13, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. McNamara, Warner, Norcross & Judd, Grand Rapids, Mich., for plaintiff.

David M. Tyler, Tyler & Canham, Detroit, Mich., William G. Reamon, Law Offices of William G. Reamon, P. C., Grand Rapids, Mich., for American Home Assurance Co.

Dale W. Rhoades, Rhoades, McKee & Boer, Grand Rapids, Mich., John M. Briggs, III, Parmenter, Forsythe & Rude, Muskegon, Mich., Donald M. Haskell and Michael J. Sehr, Haskell & Perrin, Chicago, Ill., for American Mut. Reinsurance Co.

John R. Caffrey, James T. Ferrini and Thomas Burke, Clausen, Miller, Gorman, Caffrey & Witous, Chicago, Ill., Charles N. Dewey, Jr., Dilley, Dewey & Waddell, Grand Rapids, Mich., for Ins. Co. of North America.

C. Barry Montgomery, Jacobs, Williams & Montgomery, Chicago, Ill., for Midland Ins. Co.

Robert J. Eleveld, Varnum, Riddering, Wierengo, & Christenson, Grand Rapids, Mich., Thomas J. Weithers, Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, Chicago, Ill., for Aetna Casualty & Surety.

OPINION

BENJAMIN F. GIBSON, District Judge.

This is a declaratory judgment action to determine the extent of insurance coverage available to Michigan Chemical Corporation to pay claims brought against it by farmers and others who have sustained damage as a result of the spread of the toxin polybrominated bipheny (PBB) throughout Michigan. Literally hundreds of such claims have been brought, and over $28 million has already been paid by the insurance companies...

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