AMERICAN MOTORISTS INS. v. LEVOLOR LORENTZEN, INC.

No. 89-5093.

879 F.2d 1165 (1989)

AMERICAN MOTORISTS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, & Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, Counterclaim-Defendant, v. LEVOLOR LORENTZEN, INC.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 11, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy C. Russell, Patricia A. Gotschalk, Scott P. Boylan, Thomas S. Schaufelberger, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

James A. Flynn, Richard E. Kummer, Kummer, Knox & Naughton, Parsippany, N.J., for Levolor Lorentzen, Inc.

Kevin E. Wolff, Morgan, Melhuish, Monaghan, Arvidson, Abrutyn & Lisowski, Livingston, N.J., for Atlantic Mut. Ins. Co.

Thomas W. Brunner, Laura A. Foggan, Frederick S. Ansell, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Ins. Environmental Litigation Ass'n.

Joanne B. Grossman, Keith A. Teel, William F. Greaney, Steven G. Bradbury, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae The Chemical Mfrs. Ass'n, Ciba-Geigy Corp., E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co., ICI Americas, Inc., Intern. Business Machines Corp., Nestle' Foods Corp., Nabisco Brands, Inc., Richardson-Vicks, Inc., and Westinghouse Elec. Corp.

Before MANSMANN, GREENBERG and SCIRICA, Circuit Judges.


Submitted Under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) June 29, 1989.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, American Motorist Insurance Company (AMICO), brought this diversity action in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland against Levolor Lorentzen, Inc. seeking a declaratory judgment that it had no obligation to indemnify or defend Levolor with respect to certain claims asserted against it by the United States Environmental...

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