GEORGINE v. AMCHEM PRODUCTS, INC.

Civ. A. No. 93-0215.

878 F.Supp. 716 (1994)

Robert A. GEORGINE, et al., on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. AMCHEM PRODUCTS, INC., et al., Defendants, and Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. ADMIRAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, for the E.D. Pennsylvania.

Order Amplifying Decision September 29, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Shrager, Shrager, McDaid, Loftus, Flum and Spivey, Philadelphia, PA, Stephen J. Nolan, Nolan, Plumhoff and Williams, Chtd., Towson, MD, for plaintiffs.

William R. Hanlon, Wendy S. White, David Booth Beers, Elizabeth Runyon Geise, John D. Aldock, Shea & Gardner, Washington, DC, Edward Houff, Church & Houff, P.A., Baltimore, MD, John G. Gaul, Princeton, NJ, for defendants.

Charles B. Blakinger, R. Nicholas Gimbel, Michael T. Starczewski, Hoyle, Morris & Kerr, Philadelphia, PA, Theodore Voorhees, Jr., Lawrence J. Eisenstein, Rachel S. Kronowitz, Charles E. Buffon, Neil K. Roman, Russell H. Carpenter, Jr., Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for third-party plaintiffs.

Philip L. Greenberg, John M. Fitzpatrick, James J. Rodgers, Dilworth, Paxon, Kalish & Kauffman, Philadelphia, PA, for American Bankers Ins. Co. of Florida, et al., third-party defendants.

Joseph M. Oberlies, Connor and Weber, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for American Centennial Ins. Co., third-party defendant.

Michael E. McGilvery, Wright, Young & McGilvery, P.C., Plymouth Meeting, PA, for Admiral Ins. Co., third-party defendant.

Allan C. Molotsky, Post & Schell, P.C., Stephen F. Brock, Joseph G. Manta, Manta and Welge, Philadelphia, PA, Maryann C. Hayes, Donald B. Hilliker, Kathleen H. Klaus, Pope and John, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Affiliated FM Ins. Co., et al., third-party defendants.

Norman L. Haase, Dunn, Haase, Sullivan, Mallon, Cherner & Broadt, Media, PA, R. Jeff Carlisle, Aaron L. Bowers, Lynberg & Watkins, Los Angeles, CA, for AIU Ins. Co., et al., third-party defendants.

Elit R. Felix, II, Margolis, Edelstein & Scherlis, Philadelphia, PA, for Allianz Ins. Co., et al., third-party defendants.

Walter H. Swayze, III, Liebert, Short & Hirshland, Philadelphia, PA, Virginia M. Vermillion, Phillip J. McGuire, Gleason, McGuire & Schreffler, Chicago, IL, for Allstate Ins. Co., as successor to Northbrook Excess and Surplus Ins. Co. and Northbrook Ins. Co., et al., third-party defendants.

Lawrence A. Nathanson, Wilson M. Brown, III, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, PA, for American Motorists Ins. Co., et al., third-party defendants.

Stephen F. Brock, Joseph G. Manta, Manta and Welge, Thomas R. Newman, James H. Harrington, Christine L. Andreoli, Newman & Harrington, New York City, for American Re-Insurance Co., et al., third-party defendants.

Thomas C. Delorenzo, John S. Tucci, Jr., Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Philadelphia, PA, Linda B. Foster, Neely & Player, Atlanta, GA, for Atlanta International Ins. Co., third-party defendant.

Dorothy T. Attwood, Jay M. Levin, Cozen and O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, for C.E. Heath Compensation and Liability Ins. Co., as successor to Employers' Surplus Lines Ins. Co., third-party defendant.

Butler Buchanan, III, William H. Black, Jr., Hecker, Brown, Sherry and Johnson, Philadelphia, PA, for Centennial Ins. Co., third-party defendant.

David E. Sandel, Jr., White and Williams, Lawrence M. Silverman, Silverman, Coopersmith, Hillman & Frimmer, Philadelphia, PA, for Central Nat. Ins. Co. of Omaha, third-party defendant.

Mitchell S. Pinsly, Philadelphia, PA, Henry E. Hockeimer, Jr., Steven K. Davidson, Daniel Sauls, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, DC, for City Ins. Co., et al., third-party defendants.

Bernd G. Heinze, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Philadelphia, PA, for Colonia Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft, et al., third-party defendants.

Robert R. Reeder, Cozen & O'Connor, Keith R. Dutill, Wendy G. Macy, John P. O'Dea, Lee A. Rosengard, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, Philadelphia, PA, Stephen C. Baker, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, Malvern, PA, Juliann J. Sum, Rodney L. Eshelman, Daniel M. Crawford, Russell Leibson, William Penner, Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, San Francisco, CA, for Columbia Cas. Co., third-party defendant.

Dorothy T. Attwood, Robert R. Reeder, Jay M. Levin, Cozen & O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, for Commercial Union Ins. Co., as successor to Columbia Cas. Co., Employers Commercial Union Ins. Co., Employers Commercial Union Ins. Co. of America, and Employers' Liability Assurance Corp. Limited, et al., third-party defendants.

Thomas Richichi, Washington, DC, for Compagnie Europeenne de Reassurances, third-party defendant.

Daniel P. Lynch, Timby, Brown & Timby, Philadelphia, PA, Michael V. Corrigan, David A. Vann, Lyndon M. Tretter, Simpson, Thacher and Bartlett, New York City, for Constitution State Ins. Co., et al., third-party defendants.

Keith R. Dutill, Wendy G. Macy, John P. O'Dea, Lee A. Rosengard, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, Philadelphia, PA, Stephen C. Baker, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, Malvern, PA, Juliann J. Sum, Rodney L. Eshelman, Daniel M. Crawford, Russell Leibson, William Penner, Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, San Francisco, CA, for Continental Cas. Co., third-party defendant.

Jo Ann Burk, Cuyler, Burk & Matthews, Morristown, NJ, Michael J. Jones, Cuyler, Burk & Matthews, Parsippany, NJ, for Employers Mut. Cas. Co., third-party defendant.

Daniel P. Lynch, Timby, Brown & Timby, Philadelphia, PA, for Evanston Ins. Co., third-party defendant.

William P. Shelley, Cozen and O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, for Federal Ins. Co., third-party defendant.

Donald P. Jacobs, Budd, Larner, Cross, Rosenbaum, Greenberg & Sade, P.C., Short Hills, NJ, Marc I. Bressman, Budd, Larner, Gross, Rosenbaum, Greenberg and Sade, P.C., Cherry Hill, NJ, for General Reinsurance Corp., et al., third-party defendants.

Michael J. Geraghty, Sean R. Kelly, David D'Aloia, Saiber, Schlesinger, Satz & Goldstein, Newark, NJ, E. Timothy Poindexter, Law Offices of William W. Kimball, Philadelphia, PA, for Gibraltar Cas. Co., et al., third-party defendants.

Mary A. Lopatto, Le Boeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, Washington, DC, for Government Employees Ins. Co., et al., third-party defendants.

David E. Sandel, Jr., White and Williams, Philadelphia, PA, Justin J. McCarthy, Exton, PA, Patrick J. Dwyer, Polstein, Ferrara & Dwyer, P.C., New York City, for Highlands Ins. Co., third-party defendant.

Wendy H. Koch, Rawle and Henderson, Philadelphia, PA, Kevin Barry McHugh, Carl H. Sword, Costello & Shea, New York City, for Houston General Ins. Co., third-party defendant.

Thomas C. Delorenzo, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Philadelphia, PA, for Jefferson Ins. Co. of New York, third-party defendant.

Susan G. Fillichio, Kevin G. Costello, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, New York City, for La Preservatrice Fonciere tiard, individually and as successor to La Fonciere Assurances Transports Accidents and La Preservatrice, Le Secours, et al., third-party defendants.

Norman L. Haase, Dunn, Haase, Sullivan, Mallon, Cherner & Broadt, Media, PA, Aaron L. Bowers, Lynberg & Watkins, Los Angeles, CA, for Lexington Ins. Co., third-party defendant.

Rudolph Garcia, Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul, Philadelphia, PA, Joseph L. Ruby, Thomas W. Brunner, William G. Miller, Samuel D. Walker, Antoinette M. Tease, Wiley, Rein and Fielding, Washington, DC, for Maryland Cas. Co., third-party defendant.

Allan C. Molotsky, Post & Schell, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Michigan Mut. Ins. Co., et al., third-party defendants.

Richard W. Yost, L'Abbate & Balkan, Philadelphia, PA, James W. Greene, Bromley, Greene & Walsh, Washington, DC, for National American Ins. Co. of California, as successor to the Stuyvesant Ins. Co., et al., third-party defendants.

Lawrence M. Silverman, Silverman, Coopersmith, Hillman & Frimmer, Philadelphia, PA, for Protective Nat. Ins. Co. of Omaha, third-party defendant.

Justin J. McCarthy, Patrick J. Dwyer, Polstein, Ferrara & Dwyer, P.C., New York City, for Ranger Ins. Co., third-party defendant.

Stephen P. Chawaga, Fitzpatrick and Tanker, Philadelphia, PA, Peter N. Hillman, Debra M. Patalkis, Chadbourne & Parke, New York City, Theresa W. Hajost, Chadbourne & Parke, Washington, DC, for Republic Ins. Co., third-party defendant.

Larry G. Cobb, Cobb, Raynor & Mandel, Bala Cynwyd, PA, Bethany K. Culp, Jeffrey J. Bouslog, Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly, St. Paul, MN, for St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co., individually and as successor to Birmingham Fire Ins. Co., et al., third-party defendants.

Lisa B. Zucker, German, Gallagher & Murtagh, Philadelphia, PA, David Holmes, Sheft & Sheft, Jersey City, NJ, for Stonewall Ins. Co., et al., third-party defendants.

Suzette D. Bonfiglio, Jubanyik, Varbalow, Tedesco, Shaw & Shaffer, Cherry Hill, NJ, for Sun Alliance and London Ins. PLC, third-party defendant.

Wendy H. Koch, Rawle and Henderson, Philadelphia, PA, for Tokio Marine & Fire Ins. Co., Ltd., third-party defendant.

Michael P. Shay, Shay, Santee & Kelhart, Bethlehem, PA, James J. Duane, III, Taylor, Anderson & Travers, Boston, MA, for Unigard Security Ins. Co., as successor to Unigard Mut. Ins. Co., third-party defendant.

R. Jeff Carlisle, Aaron L. Bowers, Lynberg & Watkins, Los Angeles, CA, for Lexington Ins. Co., Ltd., et al., third-party defendants.

Steven R. Waxman, Kleinbard, Bell & Brecker, Philadelphia, PA, Glenn Bowers, James W. Orr, Bowers, Orr & Robertson, Columbia, SC, for National Continental Ins. Co. as successor to American Star Ins. Co., third-party defendant.

Marc I. Bressman, Budd, Larner, Gross, Rosenbaum, Greenberg and Sade, P.C., Cherry Hill, NJ, for Reliance Ins. Co., third-party defendant.

Daniel J. Maher, Kittredge, Donley, Elson, Fullem & Embick, Philadelphia, PA, for American Empire Surplus Lines Ins. Co., as authorized agent on behalf of Transport Indem. Co., third-party defendant.


MEMORANDUM

LOWELL A. REED, District Judge.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF ISSUANCE OF PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

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