UNIGARD MUT. INS. CO. v. ABBOTT

No. 83-4042.

732 F.2d 1414 (1984)

UNIGARD MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, and Mission Insurance Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Darrell ABBOTT, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 8, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick F. Hooks, Hooks & Budewitz, Townsend, Mont., John C. Moore, Tewell, Thorpe & Findlay, Inc., Hugh R. McGough, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Mary H. Terzino, John H. Hinderaker, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendants-appellees.

Before WRIGHT, GOODWIN and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.


GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.

In 1979 PCBs leaking from a transformer stored at the plant of Pierce Packing Company contaminated its animal feed products. Customers that used the feed products were required to destroy animals and food products. Unigard and Mission are respectively Pierce's primary and excess liability insurers. Unigard provided $500,000, and Mission provided $1,000,000 of general liability coverage. The district court held Unigard and Mission liable for...

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