MICHIGAN CHEMICAL CORP., Plaintiff,
v.
The TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY, et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, S.D.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 19, 1986.
September 19, 1986.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Roger Clark, John Robison and Thomas J. McNamara, Warner, Norcross & Judd, Grand Rapids, Mich., for plaintiff; Mayer, Brown & Platt, Robert F. Finke, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.
Charles N. Dewey, Jr., Dilley, Dewey & Waddell, Grand Rapids, Mich., John R. Caffrey, James T. Ferrini and Thomas Burke, Clausen, Miller, Gorman, Caffrey and Witous, Chicago, Ill., for defendant Ins. Co. of North America.
Robert J. Eleveld, Varnum, Riddering, Wierengo & Christenson, Grand Rapids, Mich., Thomas J. Weithers, Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller by John L. Kirkland, Chicago, Ill., Robert J. Feldhake, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.
William G. Reamon, Law Offices of William G. Reamon, P.C., Grand Rapids, Mich., Tyler and Canham by David M. Tyler, Detroit, Mich., Epton, Mullin, Segal & Druth, Ltd. by Gerald Mullin and Margaret Gull, Chicago, Ill., for defendant American Home Assur.
Dale W. Rhoades, Rhoades, McKee & Boer, Grand Rapids, Mich., John M. Briggs, III, Parmenter, Forsythe & Rude, Muskegon, Mich., Donald M. Haskell, Haskell & Perrin by Michael J. Sehr, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-intervenor American Mut. Reinsurance Co.
Jacobs, Williams & Montgomery, Ltd. by C. Barry Montgomery, Chicago, Ill., for defendant Midland Ins. Co.
United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, S.D.
OPINION
BENJAMIN F. GIBSON, District Judge.
On May 2, 1973, Michigan Chemical Corporation ("MCC") at its St. Louis, Michigan plant, accidentally shipped polybrominated biphenyl ("PBB") instead of magnesium oxide to Farm Bureau Services. The PBB was later mixed with livestock feed and as a result a multiplicity of claims were made against MCC for damages arising out of the ingestion of PBB by livestock. Plaintiff MCC filed this diversity action to obtain...
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