J.H. FRANCE REFRACTORIES v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO.


396 Pa.Super. 185 (1990)

578 A.2d 468

J.H. FRANCE REFRACTORIES COMPANY and the Van Brunt Company, Appellants, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, PMA Insurance Company, St. Paul Insurance Company, U.S. Fire Insurance Company, Wausau Insurance Company and Rockwood Insurance Company, H.K. Porter Company, Inc., and Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Insurance Company of North America.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed July 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Turetsky, Norristown, for appellants.

John C. Sullivan, Philadelphia, for Allstate Ins., appellee.

Earl T. Britt, Philadelphia, for PMA Ins., appellee.

Ralph L. Hose, Ardmore, for St. Paul Ins., appellee.

E. Max Weiss, Meadville, for U.S. Fire Ins., appellee.

William F. Sullivan, Jr. for Wausau Ins., appellee.

Michael Kubacki, Philadelphia, Rockwood Ins., appellee.

Before CIRILLO, President Judge, and CAVANAUGH, BROSKY, OLSZEWSKI, DEL SOLE, MONTEMURO, TAMILIA, KELLY and JOHNSON, JJ.


BROSKY, Judge.

This is a consolidated appeal from an order issued in a declaratory judgment action. The controversy, although involving many parties, delineates into one of a manufacturer against its insurers in an effort to determine the obligations of the various insurers who provided coverage during periods relevant to the numerous asbestos and asbestos related disease cases filed against the France company. Although numerous stated issues have been raised on appeal...

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