EMONS INDUSTRIES, INC. v. LIBERTY MUT. FIRE INS.

No. 75 Civ. 3227 (KTD).

567 F.Supp. 335 (1983)

EMONS INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY and Reserve Insurance Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

July 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Slade Pellman & Biehl, New York City, for plaintiff; Frederick R. Biehl, John F. Triggs, Susan C. Lushing, Anthony P. Coles, New York City, of counsel.

Dinsmore & Shohl, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Olwine, Connelly, Chase, O'Donnell & Weyher, New York City, for defendant Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co.; Gerald V. Weigle, Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio, Michael E. Twomey, New York City, and Christopher C. Mansfield, Boston, Mass., of counsel.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, for The Home Ins. Co.; Sheila L. Birnbaum, Irene A. Sullivan, Barbara Wrubel, New York City, of counsel.

Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., for Fibreboard Corp.; E. Judge Elderkin, William R. Irwin, Donald W. Brown, Tom M. Freeman, San Francisco, Cal., of counsel.

Anderson Russell Kill & Olick, P.C., New York City, for Keene Corp.; Eugene R. Anderson, New York City, of counsel.

Hall, Henry, Oliver & McReavy, San Francisco, Cal., for Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.; Stephen McReavy, Jeffrey Kaufman, Stephen Dennis, Wallace M. Tice-Wallner, Eleanor Minsky, San Francisco, Cal., of counsel.

Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C., and Windels, Marx, Davies & Ives, New York City, for American Motorists Ins. Co.; John J. Buckley, Jr., Washington, D.C., J. Daniel Mahoney, New York City, of counsel.

Rogovin, Huge & Lenzner, Washington, D.C., and Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.; Harry Huge, Saul B. Goodman, Washington, D.C., Robert S. Rifkind, New York City, of counsel.

Clifford & Warnke, Washington, D.C., for Abbott Laboratories; Harold D. Murry, Jr., John G. Calender, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for The Upjohn Co.; Robert N. Sayler, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

Baker & Daniels, Washington, D.C., and Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, Ind., for Eli Lilly and Co.; Peter C. Ward, Michael A. Nardolilli, Washington, D.C., Theodore R. Boehm, Christopher G. Scanlon, Indianapolis, Ind., of counsel.


MEMORANDUM & ORDER

KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge.

This protracted litigation surrounds the liability of insurance companies for illnesses resulting from diethylstilbestrol ("DES"), a drug that was prescribed to pregnant women to prevent miscarriage. In the latest stage of this litigation, plaintiff Emons Industries, Inc. ("Emons") moves for summary judgment contending that under the terms of Comprehensive General Liability ("CGL") policies issued...

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