BABCOCK & WILCOX v. ARKWRIGHT-BOSTON MFG. INS. CO.

No. 91-CV-987.

867 F.Supp. 573 (1992)

The BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. ARKWRIGHT-BOSTON MANUFACTURING MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, Eastern Division.

August 3, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Hatchadorian, Stephen J. Petras, Jr., Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Cleveland, OH, Duke W. Thomas, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Columbus, OH, for plaintiff.

William H. Baughman, Jr., Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley, Cleveland, OH, Robert D. Archibald, Charles H. Bragg, McNeal, Schick, Archibald & Biro, Cleveland, OH, Thomas E. Betz, Ernest W. Auciello, Jr., Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Cleveland, OH, Richard M. Shusterman, White & Williams, Philadelphia, PA, A. Thomas Kajander, Sharpe & Kajander, Houston, TX, for Arkwright-Boston Mfg. Mut. Ins. Co.

William H. Baughman, Jr., Ronald A. Rispo, Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley, Cleveland, OH, Robert D. Archibald, Charles H. Bragg, McNeal, Schick, Archibald & Biro, Cleveland, OH, Thomas E. Betz, Ernest W. Auciello, Jr., Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Cleveland, OH, Richard M. Shusterman, White & Williams, Philadelphia, PA, Robert E. Salmon, Stacy A. Broman, Meagher & Geer, Minneapolis, MN, for St. Paul Mercury Ins. Co.

Ralph D. McBride, Lisa G. Zummo, Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, TX, Richard E. Guster, Thompson, Hine & Flory, Akron, OH, Gardner Thornton, Citadel Ins. Co., Houston, TX, for Citadel Ins. Co.

Alan S. Kopit, Arthur M. Kaufman, Mark E. Staib, Hahn, Loeser & Parks, Cleveland, OH, for Travelers Indem. Co.

Robert D. Archibald, McNeal, Schick, Archibald & Biro, Cleveland, OH, A. Thomas Kajander, Sharpe & Kajander, Houston, TX, for American Intern. Marine Agency.

William H. Baughman, Jr., Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley, Cleveland, OH, Robert D. Archibald, Charles H. Bragg, McNeal, Schick, Archibald & Biro, Cleveland, OH, Thomas E. Betz, Ernest W. Auciello, Jr., Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Cleveland, OH, Richard M. Shusterman, E. Douglas Sederholm, Barbara S. Zellner, White & Williams, Philadelphia, PA, Robert E. Salmon, Meagher & Geer, Minneapolis, MN, A. Thomas Kajander, Sharpe & Kajander, Houston, TX, for Allianz Ins. Co.

Thomas E. Betz, Ernest W. Auciello, Jr., Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Cleveland, OH, Richard M. Shusterman, E. Douglas Sederholm, Barbara S. Zellner, John F. Glowacki, White & Williams, Philadelphia, PA, for Ins. Co. of North America.

Nicholas J. Milanich, Reminger & Reminger, Cleveland, OH, Thomas J. Quinn, William J. Cleary, Mendes & Mount, New York City, for Underwriters at Lloyd's London, English & American Ins., C.A. Parr, Caryl Vaughn Gibbs, Indemnity Marine Assurance Co.

Paul A. Rose, Deborah K. Urban, Sheila E. Noonan, Brouse & McDowell, Akron, OH, C. Gordon Starling, Jr., Gerard T. Gelpi, Gelpi, Sullivan, Carroll & Gibbens, New Orleans, LA, for Creole Ins. Co., Ltd.

Robert D. Archibald, McNeal, Schick, Archibald & Biro, Cleveland, OH, William F. Scully, Reminger & Reminger, Cleveland, OH, A. Thomas Kajander, Sharpe & Kajander, Houston, TX, for American Home Assurance Co.

Thomas E. Betz, Ernest W. Auciello, Jr., Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Cleveland, OH, Nicholas J. Milanich, Reminger & Reminger, Cleveland, OH, Dermot S. McGlinchey, James M. Garner, Martha M. Young, McGlinchey, Stafford & Lang, New Orleans, LA, E. Douglas Sederholm, Barbara S. Zellner, Linda S. Harowitz, White & Williams, Philadelphia, PA, for Ins. Co. of North America (UK) Ltd.

William J. Kraus, Kraus & Kraus, Cleveland, OH, Rockne L. Moseley, Janet M. Ahern, Moseley & Associates, New Orleans, LA, for McDermott, Inc.


ORDER

SAM H. BELL, District Judge.

Presently before the court in the above-captioned cause is a motion in limine by plaintiff, The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B & W), for a determination of which state law, in the absence of a choice of law by the parties, is to be applied in construing a disputed term of B & W's liability insurance contract with defendant insurers. Plaintiff contends that, under the "more significant relationship" analysis...

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