SW INDUSTRIES, INC. v. AETNA CAS. & SUR. CO.

Civ. A. No. 86-0302 P.

646 F.Supp. 819 (1986)

SW INDUSTRIES, INC. v. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO., Alias the Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., alias; the Travelers Insurance Company, alias; American Home Assurance Company, alias; National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., alias; JF Green & Others, alias; HS Weavers, alias; Underwriters At Lloyd's, London.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

October 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Bomster, Richard G. Galli, Michael DeFanti, Gerald J. Petros, Providence, R.I., for SW Industries, Inc.

Robert Lovegreen, Providence, R.I., for Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.

Hugh L. Moore, Jr., Providence, R.I., for American Home Assur. Co. and National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa.

Joseph A. Kelly, C. Russell Bengston, Providence, R.I., for Travelers Ins. Co.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

The plaintiff in this action, SW Industries, Inc. ("SW"), has requested this Court to issue a preliminary injunction against seven defendant insurance companies ("the Insurance Companies"). As explained in more detail below, an Ohio division of SW was sued by an employee and found by an Ohio jury to have intentionally exposed the employee to toxic substances. The jury awarded $3,500,000 in damages, and...

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