AMERICAN BUMPER AND MANUFACTURING CO. v. HARTFORD FIRE INS. CO.

Docket Nos. 152655, 154355.

207 Mich. App. 60 (1994)

523 N.W.2d 841

AMERICAN BUMPER AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided September 20, 1994, at 9:10 A.M.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey (by J. Michael Smith and Karen J. Custer), for American Bumper and Manufacturing Company.

Rhoades, McKee, Boer, Goodrich & Titta (by Gregory G. Timmer), for Hartford Fire Insurance Company.

Willingham & Cote, P.C. (by John A. Yeager and Curtis R. Hadley), for Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Michigan.

O'Melveny & Myers (by Paul R. Koepff), and Harvey, Kruse, Westen & Milan, P.C. (by Gary L. Stec), for CIGNA Fire Underwriters Insurance Company and Pacific Employers Insurance Company.

Provizer, Lichtenstein & Phillips, P.C. (by Deborah Molitz), for Providence Washington Insurance Company.

Cholette, Perkins & Buchanan (by Robert J. Riley), for Employers Mutual Casualty Company.

Amici Curiae:

Smith & Brooker, P.C. (by Glenn F. Doyle), and Grippo & Elden (by Charles S. Bergen and Patrick T. Nash), for Fireman's Fund Insurance Company.

Kitch, Saurbier, Drutchas, Wagner & Kenney, P.C. (by Stephen M. Kelly and Elizabeth A. Downey), and (Wiley, Rein & Fielding by Thomas W. Brunner, Marilyn E. Kerst, and Steven B. Long, of Counsel), for Insurance Environmental Litigation Association.

Boyden, Waddell & Timmons (by Dennis A. Chamberlain), for Plaisted and Companies.

Before: SAWYER, P.J., and FITZGERALD and D.A. ROBERSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff appeals from orders of the circuit court granting summary disposition in favor of defendants on plaintiff's claims for coverage under insurance policies issued by defendants. We reverse and remand.

Plaintiff has for a number of years maintained an operation involving the cleaning, brightening, anodizing, and sealing of aluminum parts. As the result of its manufacturing process, plaintiff discharges a large quantity of waste water containing...

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