RELIANCE STEEL PRODUCTS CO. v. NATIONAL FIRE INS. CO.

No. 88-1870.

880 F.2d 575 (1989)

RELIANCE STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 25, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Quinlan, Providence, R.I., for defendant, appellant.

Christopher C. Whitney with whom Peter Lawson Kennedy and Adler Pollock & Sheehan Inc., Providence, R.I., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, SELYA, Circuit Judge, and GRAY, Senior District Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

We have read the hippopotamic record in this construction controversy and carefully considered the contestants' briefs and oral arguments. For the reasons which follow, we believe that the appeal comprises much cry, but little wool. Therefore, save in one relatively small respect, we affirm.

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