CONT'L CAS. CO. v. RAPID


177 A.D.2d 61 (1992)

Continental Casualty Company et al., Respondents, v. Rapid-American Corporation, Appellant, and National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

February 25, 1992


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Booth of counsel (Victor G. Gleser and Mona Jha with him on the brief; Ford Marrin Esposito & Witmeyer, attorneys), for respondents.

Martin J. Schwartz of counsel (Stephen A. Marshall with him on the brief; Rubin Baum Levin Constant & Friedman, attorneys), for appellant.

Jerold Oshinsky, Randy Paar, David L. Elkind and Robert L. Carter of counsel (Anderson Kill Olick & Oshinsky, P. C., attorneys), for W.R. Grace & Company and others, amici curiae.

CARRO, J. P., ROSENBERGER, ROSS and ASCH, JJ., concur.


WALLACH, J.

This appeal requires us to scrutinize the insurance coverage and exclusion provisions of the standard form comprehensive general liability (CGL) policy in the course of determining whether the insurance carrier must defend claims against the policyholder arising from asbestos-induced respiratory injury. Although the meaning and effect of these insurance clauses has been extensively litigated in asbestos...

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