Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Malcolm B. Rosow, with whom Lewis Herman, Arthur Liederman, Standard, Weisberg, Heckerling & Rosow, New York City, Erik Lund, Robert T. Harrington, David J. Hatem, and Posternak, Blankstein & Lund, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Philip Alan Froude, et al.
Francis J. Bousquet, with whom Frank A. Smith, III, T. Mark Herlihy, and Herlihy & O'Brien, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for American Motorists Ins. Co.
Charles R. Parrott, with whom Andrew J. McElaney, Jr., Brian T. Kenner, Robert S. Brintz, and Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.
Christopher C. Mansfield, with whom Lawrence A. Podolski, Robert C. Macaulay, Nancy A. Froude, Candace L. Sutcliffe, Boston, Mass., Gerald V. Weigle, Jr., and Dinsmore, Shohl, Coates & Deupree, Cincinnati, Ohio, were on brief, for Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.
George Marshall Moriarty, with whom John M. Harrington, Jr., Kenneth W. Erickson, and Ropes & Gray, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for The Manifestation Companies and Underwriters in the London Market.
Charles A. Lynberg, R. Jeff Carlisle, and Lynberg & Nelsen, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief, for American Home Assur. Co., et al., amicus curiae.
Stephen McReavy, Jeffrey Kaufman, Stephen Dennis, Wallace Tice-Wallner, and Hall, Henry, Oliver & McReavy, San Francisco, Cal., on brief for Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., et al., amici curiae.
F. Lee Bailey, Kenneth J. Fishman, and Law Offices of F. Lee Bailey, Boston, Mass., on brief, for Commercial Union Ins. Companies, amicus curiae.
John G. Niles, Ira M. Feinberg, Martin S. Checov, and O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief for Ins. Co. of North America, amicus curiae.
Robert N. Sayler, Elizabeth W. M. Teel, John E. Heintz, Scott D. Gilbert, Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., John J. Curtin, Jr., A. Van C. Lanckton, Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, Mass., Curtis M. Caton, Robert S. Venning, Stephen N. Goldberg, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, Cal., Gael Mahony, Hill & Barlow, Boston, Mass., E. Judge Elderkin, William R. Irwin, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., William P. Manning, Jr., Wright, Manning & Sagendorph, Norristown, Pa., James A. Young, Philadelphia, Pa., James M. White, Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, Philadelphia, Pa., Thomas C. MacDonald, Jr., Charles P. Schropp, Shackleford, Farrior, Stallings & Evans, Tampa, Fla., Robert R. Reeder, Cozen, Begier & O'Connor, Philadelphia, Pa., David A. Welte, and Polsinelli, White & Schulte, Kansas City, Mo., on brief for Armstrong World Industries, Inc., et al., amici curiae.
Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.