FIREMAN'S FUND INS. COMPANIES v. EX-CELL-O CORP.

No. 85-CV-71371.

750 F.Supp. 1340 (1990)

FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANIES and American Insurance Company, Plaintiffs, v. EX-CELL-O CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. EX-CELL-O CORPORATION, et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. AIU INSURANCE COMPANY (Successor to American International Insurance Company), et al., Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D.

As Amended November 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Silberfeld, Rivkin, Leff & Radler, Uniondale, N.Y., Michael G. Costello, Plunkett & Cooney, Detroit, Mich., for American Intern. Ins. Co.

Eugene R. Anderson, Lynn A. Stansel, Nicholas J. Zoogman, New York City, Robert B. Webster, Richard C. Sanders, Peter Metters, Hill, Lewis, Adams, Goodrich & Tait, Detroit, Mich., for Ex-Cell-O, McCord and Davidson.

Barry M. Kelman, Gofrank and Kelman, Southfield, Mich., H.G. Sparrow, III, Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman, Detroit, Mich., Mary Vyskocil, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for Travelers Ins.

John W. Henke, Gropman, Lebow & Tobin, Birmingham, Mich., Paul L. Gingras, Zelle & Larson, Minneapolis, Minn., for Wausau Ins. Co.

Paul S. Koczkur Harvey, Kruse, Westen & Milan, Detroit, Mich., for Integrity Ins. Co.

Peter B. Kupelian, Tucker & Rolf, Southfield, Mich., for Zurich American Ins. Co.

Leonard B. Schwartz, Sommers, Schwartz, Silver & Schwartz, Southfield, Mich., for Royal Indem.

Deborah A. Pitts, Robert A. Zeavin, Buchalter, Nemer, Fields, Chrystie & Younger, Los Angeles, Cal., James R. Case, Kenneth C. Harrison, Kerr, Russell and Weber, Detroit, Mich., for AIU Ins. Co. and Highland Ins. Co.

Charles C. Cheatham, Dwight Robinson, James G. Gross, MacArthur, Cheatham, Acker & Smith, Detroit, Mich., for American Employers Ins. Co.

David M. Tyler, Sullivan, Ward, Bone, Tyler, Fiott & Asher, Southfield, Mich., Michael G. Bruton, Michael J. Merlo, Pretzel, Stouffer, Chartered, Chicago, Ill., for Prudential Re-Insurance Co.

Andrea Sykes Foote, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Ill., Thomas F. Myers, Garan, Lucow, Miller, Seward, Cooper & Becker, Detroit, Mich., for Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London and London Market Ins. Co.

Stephen M. Kelley, Kitch, Saurbier, Drutchas, Wagner & Kenney, Detroit, Mich., Mitchell L. Lathrop, Adams, Duque & Hazeltine, San Diego, Cal., for St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

James R. Case, Kenneth C. Harrison, Kerr, Russell & Weber, Detroit, Mich., for Federal Ins. Co.

Michael W. Hartmann, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Detroit, Mich., Timothy C. Russell, Wilson M. Brown, III, Patricia A. Gotschalk, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Washington, D.C., for Am. Motorists, Am. Manu. Mut., Lumbermens Mut.

Paul S. Koczkur, Harvey, Kruse, Westen & Milan, Detroit, Mich., for Mission Ins. Co. and Mission Nat.

T. Joseph Seward, Bernard P. McClorey, Ronald G. Acho, Cummings, McClorey, Davis & Acho, Livonia, Mich., L. Anthony Sutin, William J. Bowman, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D.C., for Hartford Acc. and Nelson R. Goodrich.

Scott L. Gorland, Phyllis Golden Morey, Barbara Colby Tanase, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Detroit, Mich., Stephen Jacobs, Amy B. Gallent, Siff, Newman, Rosen & Parker, New York City, for First State Ins. and New England Reins. Corp.

James N. Martin, Victor Van Kamp, Martin, Bacon & Martin, Mt. Clemens, Mich., John W. Stamper, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, Cal., for Pacific Employers Ins. Co.

William Jamieson, Denenberg, Tuffley, Bocan, Jamieson, Black, Hopkins & Ewald, Southfield, Mich., for Northbrook Excess and Surplus Ins. Co. ("NESCO").

J.R. Zanetti, Jr., Highland & Currier, P.C., Southfield, Mich., for Transport Indem. Co.


AMENDED MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

FEIKENS, District Judge.

Plaintiff insurers, Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies and American Insurance Company, filed this suit for declaratory judgment against their insureds Ex-Cell-O Corporation ("Ex-Cell-O"), McCord Gasket Corporation ("McCord"), and Davidson Rubber Company ("Davidson") (collectively "policyholders"),1 and two other insurers of

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