RHONE-POULENC, INC. v. INTERNATIONAL INS. CO.

No. 94 C 3303.

877 F.Supp. 1170 (1995)

RHONE-POULENC, INC., a New York corporation, Plaintiff, v. INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois corporation and International Surplus Lines Insurance Company, an Illinois corporation, Defendants. INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois corporation, Counterplaintiff, v. RHONE-POULENC, INC., a New York corporation; Stauffer Chemical Co., a Delaware corporation; Stauffer Management Co., a Delaware corporation; Zeneca, Inc., a Delaware corporation; and ICI Americas, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Counterdefendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

February 19, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald L. Angst, Eugene A. Schoon, Mary H. Lindsay, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, Marc S. Mayerson, Thomas W. Mitchell, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Luke W. Mette, Zeneca, Inc., Wilmington, DE, for Rhone-Poulenc, Inc.

Sandra Young, Howard J. Fishman, Purcell & Wardrope, Chtd., Chicago, IL, Jill B. Berkeley, Joseph R. Lundy, Darren Mark Raven Van Puymbrouck, William Edward Meyer, Jr., Darren Van Puymbrouck, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, IL, Christine C. Franklin, Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, Los Angeles, CA, Karl D. Belgum, Gary L. Fontana, Thelin, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, San Francisco, CA, for Intern. Ins. Co.

Sandra Young, D. Timothy McVey, Howard J. Fishman, Purcell & Wardrope, Chtd., Chicago, IL, for Intern. Surplus Lines Ins. Co.

Gerald L. Angst, Eugene A. Schoon, Mary H. Lindsay, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, Marc S. Mayerson, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for Stauffer Management Co., Zeneca, Inc., ICI Americas, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CONLON, Judge.

Rhone-Poulenc, Inc. ("Rhone-Poulenc") sues International Insurance Company ("International") and International Surplus Lines Insurance Company ("Surplus") for breach of contract and a declaration of insurance coverage obligations in connection with five contaminated Rhone-Poulenc sites in Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York. Jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship. On December 19...

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