ZURICH INS. CO. v. BAXTER INTERN., INC.

No. 80025.

670 N.E.2d 664 (1996)

173 Ill.2d 235

218 Ill.Dec. 942

ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee, v. BAXTER INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al. (Baxter International, Inc., et al., Appellants).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Morris, Jr., Leslie Peterson and Rebecca S. Larson, of Brydges, Riseborough, Morris, Franke & Miller, of Waukegan, and Joel B. Kleinman, Leslie R. Cohen, Mark A. Packman and Teresa L. Harvey, of Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for appellants.

Bryan R. Winter, of Fuqua, Winter, Stiles & Anderson, Waukegan, Edward Dwyer, of Hodge & Dwyer, Springfield, Jay Erens, James D. Ossyra and David B. Goroff, of Hopkins & Sutter, Chicago, and Thomas W. Brunner, Laura A. Foggan, Russell D. Duncan and James M. Ludwig III, of Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, D.C., for appellee.


Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal concerns a declaratory judgment action brought in the circuit court of Lake County by Zurich Insurance Company to determine its obligations under various insurance policies issued to Baxter International, Inc., and Baxter Healthcare Corporation (referred to collectively as Baxter). The question before us is whether the circuit court abused its discretion when it issued an order pursuant to section 2...

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