TRANSAMERICA INS. CO. v. DURO BAG MFG. CO.

No. 93-6218.

50 F.3d 370 (1995)

TRANSAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DURO BAG MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 16, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Brill, Goldberg & Simpson, Louisville, KY.

David P. Cutler (argued and briefed) and Edwin J. Hull, Goggins, Cutler & Hull, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Thomas C. Hill, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Cincinnati, OH, Catherine J. Serafin, James R. Wagner (briefed), Anderson, Kill, Olick & Oshinsky, Washington, DC, and Eugene R. Anderson (argued), Anderson, Kill, Olick & Oshinsky, New York City, for defendant-appellant.

Douglas W. Becker (briefed), Becker, Farris & Gallagher, Louisville, KY, Daniel I. Davidson (argued and briefed), Russell F. Smith, III, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, DC, Zachary M. Kafoglis (briefed), Satterfield & Kafoglis, Bowling Green, KY, and Laura A. Foggan (briefed), Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, for amici curiae.

Before: ENGEL, KENNEDY, and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges.


KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

In 1989, the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") sued defendant, Duro Bag Manufacturing Company, seeking to hold it liable for the costs of cleaning up environmental damage at a Kentucky landfill. Defendant notified its insurer, plaintiff Transamerica Insurance Company, of the suit and sought coverage. Plaintiff denied coverage and filed the instant declaratory judgment action, seeking a court order...

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