ELJER MFG., INC. v. LIBERTY MUT. INS. CO.

Nos. 91-3203, 91-3251 and 91-3298.

972 F.2d 805 (1992)

ELJER MANUFACTURING, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, and Travelers Indemnity Company of Illinois, Intervening-Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Bennett, Karen L. Pszanka-Layng, Jeanne M. Hoffmann, Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, Constantine L. Trela, Melville W. Washburn, Thomas W. Merrill, Howard J. Trienens (argued), Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant, Eljer Mfg. Inc.

James P. DeNardo, Christine L. Olson (argued), Samuel A. Purves, Kathleen H. Jensen, McKenna, Storer, Rowe, White & Farrug, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee, Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

Alan M. Posner, Robert C. Johnson (argued), Sanford M. Pastroff, John C. Furman, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Michael J. Sehr, Jon E. Elenius, Haskell & Perrin, Chicago, Ill., for intervening-defendant-appellee.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The appeal and cross-appeals in this diversity suit bring before us a difficult and important question of insurance law, one that we must decide under Illinois law but that has nationwide significance because it involves the interpretation of language that appears in the industry-wide standard-form policy known as Comprehensive General Liability Insurance. George H. Tinker, "Comprehensive General Liability Insurance

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