COMMERCIAL UNION INS. v. PITTSBURGH CORNING CORP.

Nos. 85-1450, 85-1486.

789 F.2d 214 (1986)

COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY v. PITTSBURGH CORNING CORPORATION, PPG Industries, Inc., Corning Glass Works, the Travelers Indemnity Company, Insurance Company of North America, American Motorists Insurance Company, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company. Appeal of The TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY, in No. 85-1450. Appeal of PITTSBURGH CORNING CORP., in No. 85-1486.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 29, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Shusterman, David E. Sandel, Jr., Peter J. Mooney, White and Williams, Philadelphia, Pa., for amicus curiae, Ins. Co. of North America.

Donald E. Seymour, Peter J. Kalis, Carolyn M. Branthoover, Lorraine A. Mansour, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Pittsburgh, Pa., for amicus curiae, H.K. Porter Co., Inc.

Frank H. Griffin, III, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., for amicus curiae, ACandS, Inc.

Jerold Oshinsky, Anderson, Baker, Kill & Olick, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae, Abex Corp.

Dennis G. Jacobs (argued), Barry R. Ostrager, David T. Eames, Seth A. Ribner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, George A. McKeon, Gen. Counsel, James K. Killelea, Thomas L. Forsyth, The Travelers Ins. Companies, Hartford, Conn., Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant, The Travelers Indem. Co.

Douglas E. Cameron, John McN. Cramer, James J. Restivo, Jr. (argued), Laurence E. Flately, Michael J. Betts, Pasquale D. Gentile, Jr., Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, Pa., for cross-appellant Pittsburgh Corning Corp.

James Lewis Griffith (argued), Michael F. DeMarco, Griffith & Burr, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees, Commercial Union Ins. Co.

David J. Armstrong, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee, PPG Industries, Inc.

Before ALDISERT, Chief Judge and SEITZ and ADAMS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied May 28, 1986.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Circuit Judge.

We are required to consider two appeals from the final judgment of the district court dated July 1, 1985. The judgment was entered in a declaratory judgment action initiated by Commercial Union Insurance Company (CU)1 against several defendants under the Court's diversity jurisdiction. These appeals involve disputes between...

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