ELI LILLY AND CO. v. HOME INS. CO.

No. 685S243.

482 N.E.2d 467 (1985)

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY, Appellee, v. THE HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

September 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore R. Boehm, Christopher G. Scanlon, Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, Ralph Earle, II, Michael A. Nardolilli, Baker & Daniels, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

George Marshall Moriarty, Kenneth W. Erickson, Constance Burr Evans, Ropes & Gray, Boston, Mass., Michael Nussbaum, Earl C. Dudley, Jr., Nussbaum, Owen & Webster, Washington, D.C., for Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's and Companies in the London Market.

Dennis M. Flannery, A. Stephen Hut, Jr., Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., for Ins. Co. of North America, et al.

Jeffrey Kaufman, Hall, Henry, Oliver & McReavy, San Francisco, Cal., Donald M. Gilberg, Levy, Bivona & Cohen, Washington, D.C., for Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.

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

Lawrence E. Carr, Jr., James F. Lee, Jr., Carr, Goodson & Lee, P.C., Washington, D.C., for The Travelers Indem. Co.

James E. Rocap, III, Stephen J. Nightingale, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, Washington, D.C., for Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., et al.

James P. Schaller, M. Elizabeth Medaglia, Jackson & Campbell, P.C., Washington, D.C., for American Home Assurance Co., et al.

Brendan V. Sullivan, Jr., John J. Buckley, Jr., Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C., for American Motorists Ins. Co., et al.

R. Harrison Pledger, John A. Blazer, McLean, Va., for St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

William A. Ehrmantraut, William John Hickey, Jr., Donahue, Ehrmantraut & Montedonico, Chartered, Rockville, Md., for Zurich Ins. Co.

Richard H. Gimer, Hamel & Park, Washington, D.C., for Mut. Fire, Marine & Inland Ins. Co., et al.

Brian C. Shevlin, Shevlin, Artz & Curtis, Arlington, Va., for Interstate Fire & Cas. Co., et al.

James C. Gregg, James E. Greene, Macleay, Lynch, Bernhard & Gregg, Washington, D.C., for Nat. American Ins. Companies, et al.


GIVAN, Chief Justice.

This cause comes before this Court on the certification of three questions of state law by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Eli Lilly and Co. v. Home Insurance Co. (D.C. Cir.1985), 764 F.2d 876. This Court has jurisdiction to answer the certified questions. Ind.R.App.P. 15(O).

On March 9, 1982, Eli Lilly and Company filed this declaratory judgment action...

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