MATTER OF CELOTEX CORP.

Bankruptcy Nos. 90-10016-8B1, 90-10017-8B1, Adv. No. 91-40.

152 B.R. 652 (1993)

In the Matter of the CELOTEX CORPORATION, et al., Debtor. The CELOTEX CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. AIU INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida, Tampa Division.

February 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey W. Warren, Bush, Ross, Gardner, Warren & Rudy, P.A., Tampa, FL, for the Celotex Corp., et al.

Charles P. Schropp, Mark P. Buell, Schropp, Buell & Elligett, Jeffrey W. Warren, Bush, Ross, Gardner, Warren & Rudy, P.A., Tampa, FL, Mark H. Kolman, Karen L. Bush, Mark D. Silverschotz, Anderson Kill Olick & Oshinsky, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Sara Kistler, Asst. U.S. Trustee, for Core Service Group.

John W. Kozyak, Kozyak Tropin Throckmorton & Humphreys, P.A., Miami, FL, for Asbestos Property Damage claimants Committee.

Charles M. Tatelbaum, Johnson, Blakely, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Creditors Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

William Knight Zewadski, Trenam, Simmons, Kemker, Scharf, Barkin, Frye & O'Neill, Tampa, FL, for Unofficial Asbestos Health Claim co-defendants Committee.

H.C. Goplerud, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, Tampa, FL, for Asbestos Health Claimants Committee.

James W. Greene, William E. Nowakowski, Bromley, Greene & Walsh, Washington, DC, for Columbia Cas. Co., Employers Ins. of Wausau, Federal Ins. Co., Protective Nat. Ins. Co.

John A. Yanchunis, Blasingame, Forisz and Smiljanich, P.A., St. Petersburg, FL, for Continental Cas. Co., Citadel General Assurance Co., Columbia Casualty Co., American Re-Insurance Co., Eric Reinsurance Co., Zurich American Ins. Co.

John E. Peer, Long & Levit, San Francisco, CA, for Continental Cas. Co., Transp. Ins. Co.

Katherine E. Rakowsky, Philip C. Stahl, Irving C. Faber, Margaret B. Jones, Grippo & Eldon, Chicago, IL, for American Ins. Co., Nat. Sur. Co.

Rolf E. Gilbertson, Paul L. Gingras, Zelle & Larson, Minneapolis, MN, for Employers Ins. of Wausau.

Ronald L. Cohen, Seward & Kissel, New York City, Mary A. Lau, Robert J. Asti, Lau, Lane, Pieper & Asti, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Employers Ins. Co. of Wausau.

George A. Vaka, Russell S. Buhite, Fowler White Gillen Boggs Villareal and Banker, P.A., Tampa, FL, for North Star Reinsurance Co.

Roger E. Warin, Daniel C. Sauls, John A. Flyger, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, DC, for Highlands Ins. Co., Old Republic Ins. Co., St. Paul Surplus Lines Ins. Co.

James P. Schaller, Christine A. Nykiel, Jackson & Campbell, Washington, DC, for American Home Assur. Co., AIU Ins. Co., Granite State Ins. Co., Lexington Ins. Co., Nat. Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA.

Thomas B. Mimms, Jr., MacFarlane Ferguson, Tampa, FL, for American Home Assur. Co., AUI Ins. Co., Highlands Ins. Co., Lexington Ins. Co., Old Republic Ins. Co., Granite State Ins. Co., National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA, Employers Mut. Cas. Co., American Ins. Co., Nat. Sur. Co., St. Paul Surplus Lines Ins. Co.

Elizabeth B. Sandza, Cynthia T. Andreason, Leboeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, Washington, DC, for Gibraltar Ins. Co., Hudson Ins. Co.

David C. McLauchlan, Lord Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, Deborah M. Paris, Paris & Hanna, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Lloyds of London.

Jack Willis, Allianz Underwriters Ins. Co., Los Angeles, CA, for Allianz Underwriters Ins. Co.

Lynn Bregman, David Donovan, John Siddeek, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, for Ins. Co. of North America, California Union Ins. Co.

Meryl R. Lieberman, Daniel W. Morrison, III, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, White Plains, NY, for General Acc. Fire & Life Assur. Co.

William J. Bowman, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, DC, Robert H. Berkes, Barbara Hodous, Bodkin, McCarthy, Sargent & Smith, Los Angeles, CA, W. Gray Dunlap, Jr., Judith W. Simmons, De La Parte & Gilbert, Tampa, FL, for Hartford Indem. Co., Twin City Fire Ins. Co., First State Ins. Co.

Robert J. Bates, Jr., Maryann C. Hayes, Pope & John, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Eric Reinsurance Co., American Re-Insurance Co., Zurich Ins. Co.

Virginia M. Vermillion, David Schroeder, Gleason, McGuire & Shreffler, Chicago, IL, for Employers Mut. Cas. Co., Allstate Ins. Co.

Wilson M. Brown, III, Lawrence A. Nathanson, Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, PA, for American Motorists Ins. Co., Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co.

Elizabeth G. Repaal, Harris Barrett Mann & Dew, St. Petersburg, FL, for Allstate Ins. Co.

Gregory J. Willis, Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder & Carson, Miami, FL, for Florida Ins. Guar. Co.

James E. Rocap, III, Cathy J. Burdette, Michael J. Barta, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, Washington, DC, Mark M. Schabacker, Arnold, Morris, Frank & Schabacker, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.

Rick Dalan, St. Petersburg, FL, for Royal Indem. Co.

Edward M. Waller, Jr., Fowler White Gillen Boggs Villareal and Banker, P.A., Tampa, FL, for American Motorists Ins. Co.

Louis Schulman, Butler Burnette & Pappas, Tampa, FL, for Continental Ins. Co., Intern. Ins. Co., U.S. Fire Ins. Co., The American Centennial Ins. Co.

Robert J. Kelly, McElroy Deutsch & Mulvaney, Morristown, NJ, for Intern. Ins. Co., U.S. Fire Ins. Co.

Susan B. Morrison, Morrison, Morrison & Gregory, P.A., Tampa, FL, Thomas J. Quinn, William J. Cleary, Mendes & Mount, New York City, for Barrett and London Market Companies.

William E. McGrath, Jr., Golden, Rothschild, Spagnola & Difazio, Somerville, NJ, Michael M. Ingram, John A.C. Guyton, III, Alley & Ingram, Tampa, FL, for Transport Ins. Co.

Michael F. Aylward, Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, Boston, MA, Benjamin H. Hill, III, Dennis P. Waggoner, Hill, Ward & Henderson, Tampa, FL, for Transamerican Premier Ins. Co.

Warren D. Hamann, James F. Asher, Kimbrell & Hamann, Miami, FL, Michael Gallagher, German, Gallagher & Murtagh, Philadelphia, PA, for Stonewall Ins. Co.


ORDER ON THE INSURANCE COMPANY'S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT THAT NO COVERAGE EXISTS FOR ASBESTOS-RELATED BUILDING CLAIMS INVOLVING INTENTIONAL CONDUCT, PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR EQUITABLE RELIEF

THOMAS E. BAYNES, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

THIS CAUSE came on for hearing upon the Insurance Company's1 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment That No Coverage Exists for Asbestos-Related Building Claims Involving Intentional...

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