CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO. v. HARTFORD ACC. & INDEM. CO.

No. 93-2425-JWL.

900 F.Supp. 1489 (1995)

The CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY COMPANY, John Does, certain, Unidentified Underwriting Members of Lloyd's of London, Allstate Insurance Company, Successor to Northbrook Insurance Company, Pine Top Insurance Company, Manhattan Fire & Marine Insurance Company, United States Fire Insurance Company, Westport Insurance Corp., f/k/a The Puritan Insurance Company, Old Republic Insurance Company, Twin City Fire Insurance Company and International Insurance Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

August 9, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary L. Barrier, F. Rebecca Sapp, William E. Hanna, Steven J. Boyd, Morrison & Hecker, Kansas City, MO, for Cessna Aircraft Company.

Joseph R. Colantuono, Polsinelli, White, Vardeman & Shalton, Overland Park, KS, W. Russell Welsh, Robert L. Wehrman, William E. Hans, Polsinelli, White, Vardeman & Shalton, Kansas City, MO, Ignatius John Melito, Robert F. Walsh, Donna M. Rowley, Siff Rosen P.C., New York City, Andrew C. Marquardt, Marquardt & Associates, L.L.C., Fairway, KS, for Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co.

Joe B. Whisler, Cooling & Herbers, P.C., Kansas City, MO, Russell C. Leffel, Shawnee Mission, KS, William D. Ellison, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, for John Does.

Edward J. Barbosa, Edward L. Smith, Knipmeyer, McCann, Smith, Manz & Gotfredson, Kansas City, MO, Timothy M. Nolan, Robert N. Lane, Gleason, McGuire & Shreffler, Chicago, IL, Mary Fran Farley, Peter Petrou, Cuyler, Burk & Matthews, Parsippany, NJ, for Allstate Insurance Company.

Anthony F. Rupp, Charles J. Hyland, Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, Overland Park, KS, Joel R. Mosher, Bradley D. Holmstrom, Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, Kansas City, MO, for Manhattan Fire & Marine Insurance Company and Westport Insurance Corp.

Michael G. Norris, Norris & Keplinger, L.L.C., Overland Park, KS, for United States Fire Insurance Company and International Insurance Co.

W. Russell Welsh, William E. Hans, Polsinelli, White, Vardeman & Shalton, Kansas City, MO, Ignatius John Melito, Robert F. Walsh, Donna M. Rowley, Siff Rosen P.C., New York City, Andrew C. Marquardt, Marquardt & Associates, L.L.C., Fairway, KS, for Old Republic Insurance Co. and Twin City Fire Insurance Co.

Joe B. Whisler, Cooling & Herbers, P.C., Kansas City, MO, William D. Ellison, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, for Ronald John Smith.

Thomas R. Hill, Hill & Beam-Ward, Overland Park, KS, John M. Lilla, Lindsay K. McFerrin, Jackson, Lilla & McFerrin, P.C., Kansas City, MO, Mark J. Hill, Thaddeus J. Weaver, Donald J. Matthews, Jr., Christie, Pabarue, Mortensen and Young, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Commercial Union Insurance Company.

Charles P. Efflandt, Foulston & Siefkin, Wichita, KS, for Foulston & Siefkin Law Firm.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LUNGSTRUM, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This is an action for both recovery of damages and a declaratory judgment to determine whether insurance policies issued to the Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) by various defendant insurance companies require defendants to indemnify or pay on behalf of Cessna damage and loss resulting from claims made and costs incurred by Cessna due to groundwater contamination originating...

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