CINCINNATI INS. v. FLANDERS ELEC. MOTOR SERVICE

No. 93-3617.

40 F.3d 146 (1994)

CINCINNATI INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FLANDERS ELECTRIC MOTOR SERVICE, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 7, 1994.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl L. Mulvaney, Martha S. Hollingsworth (argued), Tammy J. Meyer, Barry C. Cope, Bingham, Summers, Welsh & Spilman, Indianapolis, IN, for plaintiff-appellee.

David V. Miller, Bowers, Harrison, Kent & Miller, Evansville, IN, Joseph G. Nassif (argued), Linda W. Tape, Jane Fedder Lazaroff, Coburn & Croft, St. Louis, MO, for defendant-appellant.

Daniel B. Dovenbarger, Pamela Carter, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anita Kimmell, Office of the Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, IN, for Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management, Indiana Atty. Gen., amici curiae.

Eugene R. Anderson, Lester O. Brown, Mayda Prego, Anderson, Kill, Olick & Oshinsky, New York City, for Elec. Apparatus Service Ass'n, amicus curiae.

George Plews, Jeffrey D. Claflin, Plews & Shadley, Indianapolis, IN, for Indiana Mfrs. Ass'n, Inc., amicus curiae.

Laura A. Foggan, Richard H. Gordin, Vicki L. Robinson, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, for Ins. Environmental Litigation Ass'n, amicus curiae.

Norman T. Funk, Hill, Fulwider, McDowell, Funk & Matthews, Indianapolis, IN, Victor C. Harwood, III, Edward Zampino, Peter E. Mueller, Harwood & Lloyd, Hackensack, NJ, for Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co., amicus curiae.

Before WOOD, Jr., COFFEY, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Flanders Electric Motor Service, Inc. ("Flanders") appeals from summary judgment granted in favor of its insurer, Cincinnati Insurance Co. ("Cincinnati"). In this declaratory judgment action, the district court held that the pollution exclusion clause contained in three comprehensive general liability policies issued to Flanders by Cincinnati relieved the insurer of any duty to defend or indemnify its policyholder against property damage claims...

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