UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY COMPANY, Appellant,
v.
WILKIN INSULATION COMPANY et al., Appellees (Commercial Union Insurance Company et al., Intervenors-Appellants).
Supreme Court of Illinois.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 20, 1991.
Rehearing Denied September 30, 1991.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mary Kay McCalla, Hopkins & Sutter, Chicago, for Truck Ins. Exchange.
James K. Horstman, Williams & Montgomery, Ltd., Chicago, for Commercial Union Ins.
Robert L. Kiesler, Kiesler & Berman, Chicago, for United States Fidelity.
Marion B. Adler, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Mr. Craig S. Mielke, Murphy, Hupp, Foote, Mielke & Kinnally, Aurora, for Wilkin Insulation Co.
Rivkin Radler Dunne, Mr. Steven R. Merican, Rivkin, Radler, Dunne & Bayh, Chicago, for Aetna Casualty & Surety.
D. Kendall Griffith, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, for Argonaut Ins. Co., and Argonaut Midwest Ins. Co.
Don E. Glickman, Rudnick & Wolfe, Chicago, Thomas W. Brunner, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, D.C., for Insurance Environmental.
Richard L. Sandler, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Wilson M. Brown, III, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pa., for amicus American Motorists Ins., American Manufacturers Mutual, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Com.
Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield, for amicus Neil F. Hartigan.
Robert A. Creamer, Keck, Mahin & Cate, Chicago, for amicus W.R. Grace & Co., Armstrong World Industries, Borg-Warner Corp., Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp.
Matthew J. Gehringer, Pope & John, Ltd., Chicago, for Zurich Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of Illinois.
Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:
We are called upon to interpret certain provisions of comprehensive general liability insurance policies dealing with the duty of insurance companies to defend their insureds. This litigation originates as a result of underlying lawsuits instituted by school districts and public building owners against a multitude of defendants that collectively make up the "asbestos industry." The defendant herein, Wilkin Insulation...
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