U.S. FIRE INS. CO. v. CNA INS. COMPANIES

Nos. 1-89-1615 and 1-89-3480.

572 N.E.2d 1124 (1991)

213 Ill. App.3d 568

157 Ill.Dec. 660

UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CNA INSURANCE COMPANIES, Defendant/Counterclaimant-Appellee Pluswood, Inc., Defendant/Counterclaimant-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

May 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judge & Knight, Ltd., Park Ridge (Jay S. Judge, Martin D. Hoke, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant U.S. Fire Ins. Co.

Foley & Lardner, Chicago (Randall S. Rapp, Joan M. Kubalansa, of counsel) and Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, Wis. (Nancy J. Sennett, Robert E. Shumaker, Kevin P. Whaley, of counsel), for defendant/counterclaimant-appellant Pluswood, Inc.

Johnson & Bell, Ltd., Chicago (Thomas W. Murphy, Nancy Caron, of counsel), for defendant/counterclaimant-appellee.


Justice BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Pluswood Inc. (Pluswood), a Wisconsin manufacturer of building materials, produces "Melaface," a product formed by the compression of special paper onto both sides of a particle board core using resin and hot presses. Dovetailed Enterprises, Inc. (Dovetailed), a kitchen cabinet manufacturer, purchased sheets of this Melaface and cut them into component parts for kitchen cabinets. These cabinets were then sold for...

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