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HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSP. v. QUANTUM CHEMICAL

No. 92-2075.

968 F.2d 631 (1992)

The HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSPECTION AND INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. QUANTUM CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Getzendanner (argued), Kimberley K. Baer, and John A. Bannon, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Chicago, Ill.; Thomas W. Mochnick, Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Ins. Co.; and F. Timothy McNamara, Hartford, Conn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Eugene A. Schoon, Robert A. Downing (argued) and Gerard D. Kelly, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before POSNER, COFFEY, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

A heat exchanger failed catastrophically. The ensuing fire destroyed an ethylene processing plant. Quantum Chemical Corporation, which operated the plant in Morris, Illinois, sustained losses that it believes exceed $150 million. The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. insured Quantum against losses attributable to most failures of its heat exchangers, but not explosions. Industrial Risk Insurers and DR Insurance Company...

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