OUTBOARD MARINE CORP. v. LIBERTY MUT. INS. CO.

Nos. 2-90-0349, 2-90-0399.

570 N.E.2d 1154 (1991)

212 Ill. App.3d 231

156 Ill.Dec. 432

OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant (Commercial Union Insurance Company, et al., Defendants). OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearings March 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay V. Krafsur (argued), Jeffrey L. Kaser, Rivkin, Radler, Bayh, Hart & Kremer, Chicago, for Commercial Union Ins. Co.

James P. Whitters, III (argued), Kim V. Marrkand, Anthony A. Bongiorno, Jeffrey W. Kobrick, Jennifer Lauro, Gaston & Snow, Boston, Mass., Paul S. Chervin, Daniel P. Felix, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Waukegan, for Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

Paul R. Koepff (argued), John L. Altieri, Jr., Aaron F. Fishbein, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Ferdon, New York City, Margaret J. Orbon, Clausen, Miller, Gorman, Caffrey & Witous, P.C., Chicago, for Ins. Co. of North America.

Lorraine M. Armenti (argued), Gary S. Kull, McElroy, Deutsch & Mulvaney, Morristown, N.J., Marsha Kay Ross, Mary Beth Denefe, Audrey S. Hanrahan, Haskell & Perrin, Chicago, for International Ins. Co., Mary Beth Denefe, Marsha K. Ross, Audrey S. Hanrahan, Haskell & Perrin, Chicago, for appellant.

Louis W. Brydges, Sr. (argued), Leslie A. Peterson, Brydges, Riseborough, Morris, Franke and Miller, Lonchar and Nordigian, Waukegan, Thomas W. Johnson, Jr. (argued), Michael G. Ermer, Michael R. Adele, Irell & Manella, Newport Beach, Cal., for Outboard Marine Corp.

Nancy J. Gleason, Philip J. McGuire, Charles L. Philbrick, Brian Frankel, Dowd & Dowd, Ltd., Chicago, for Northbrook Ins. Co.

Terry R. Saunders, Susman, Saunders & Buehler, Chicago, Thomas W. Brunner, James M. Johnston, Frederick S. Ansell, Wiley Rein & Fielding, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Ins. Environmental Litigation Ass'n.

Martha Churchill, Mid-America Legal Foundation, Eugene R. Anderson, Michael R. Magaril, Teresita Rodriguez, Lester O. Brown, Anderson, Kill, Olick & Oshinsky, P.C., New York City, for amicus curiae Mid-America Legal Foundation.

James T. Price, Stephanie A. Mathews, Thomas J. Wilcox, Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne, Kansas City, Mo., Kevin M. Forde, Katrina Veerhusen, Kevin M. Forde, Ltd., Chicago, for amicus curiae Ill. Mfrs.' Ass'n.


Justice DUNN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Outboard Marine Corporation (OMC), filed a declaratory judgment action against several insurance companies which had issued it comprehensive general liability (CGL) policies. OMC alleged that the companies breached their duty to defend it against lawsuits filed by the United States Environmental Protective Agency (USEPA) and the State of Illinois which asserted that OMC was responsible for high levels of...

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