COMMERCIAL UNION INS. v. CANNELTON INDUSTRIES

No. 2:92-CV-111.

938 F.Supp. 458 (1996)

COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CANNELTON INDUSTRIES, INC., Realigned Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Northern Division.

July 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carole D. Bos, Bos & Glazier, Grand Rapids, MI, John D. Frumer, Kilgore, Martin & Frumer, Boston, MA, for Commercial Union Insurance Co.

James K. O'Brien, Dean & Fulkerson, P.C., Troy, MI, James P. Schaller, Jackson & Campbell, P.C., Washington, DC, for American Home Assurance Co., Lexington Insurance Company, New Hampshire Insurance Co.

Keith A. Vander Weyden, Allaben, Massie, Vander Weyden & Timmer, Grand Rapids, MI, John G. McAndrews, Mendes & Mount, New York City, for CNA Reinsurance of London Limited, Compagnie D'Assurances Maritimes Aeriennes & Terrestres Societe Anonyme (C.A.M.A.T.), Compagnie Europpeenne D'Assurances Industrielles S.A., The Dominion Insurance Company Limited, Folksam International Insurance Company (U.K.) Limited, Lloyd's Syndicate No. 56, Lloyd's Syndicate No. 109, Lloyd's Syndicate No. 210, Lloyd's Syndicate No. 219, Lloyd's Syndicate No. 278, Lloyd's Syndicate No. 279, Lloyd's Syndicate No. 342, Lloyd's Syndicate No. 474, Lloyd's Syndicate No. 553, Lloyd's Syndicate No. 618, Lloyd's Syndicate No. 918, Lloyd's Syndicate No. 989, St. Katherine Insurance Company Limited, Sovereign Marine & General Insurance Company Limited, Sovereign Marine & General Insurance Company Ltd. H.D.N. A/C, Sovereign Marine & General Insurance Co. Ltd. "C" A/C, Storebrand Insurance Company, Stronghold Insurance Company, Taisho Marine & Fire Insurance Company (UK) Limited, Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Company (UK) Limited, Turegum Insurance Company, "Winterthur" Swiss Insurance Company, Allianz International Insurance Company Limited, Ancon Insurance Company (U.K.) Limited, British National Life Insurance Society Limited, British National Insurance Company Limited, Lloyd's Syndicate No. 948.

Michael D. Wade, Bremer, Wade, Nelson, Lohr & Corey, Grand Rapids, MI, Margaret H. Warner, Carr, Goodson & Lee, P.C., Washington, DC, for Continental Insurance Company.

Harold E. Fischer, Jr., Early, Lennon, Peters & Crocker, P.C., Kalamazoo, MI, for First State Insurance Company.

Arthur F. Brandt, Bollinger, Ruberry & Garvey, Chicago, IL, for Gerling Global General Insurance Company.

Priscilla Scull Burnham, Finkbeiner & Burnham, P.C., Marquette, MI, for Kansa General Insurance Company, Kansa General International Insurance Company, Ltd.

James R. Nelson, Nelson & Kreuger, P.C., Grand Rapids, MI, V. Thomas Clark, Jr., Crawford & Lewis, Baton Rouge, LA, for Ludgate Insurance Company.

Stephen M. Kelley, Timothy James Clarke, Kelley, Casey & Clarke, P.C., Detroit, MI, for St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance Company.

Keith A. Vander Weyden, Allaben, Massie, Vander Weyden & Timmer, Grand Rapids, MI, for (UK) Limited, "Doe Insurance Companies", Assicurazioni Generali, Di Trieste E. Venezia.

Francis H. Porretta, Harvey, Kruse, Westen & Milan, P.C., Troy, MI, for Scottish & York Insurance Company Limited.

Stephen Brown, Plunkett & Cooney, P.C., Detroit, MI, for Aetna Casualty & Surety Company of America.

Lynn L. Lower, Cheatham, Acker & Sharp, P.C., West Bloomfield, MI, for Affiliated FM Insurance Company.

Reynolds A. Brander, Jr., Cholette, Perkins & Buchanan, Grand Rapids, MI, Geoffrey James Alexander, Mark Albert Welge, Manta & Welge, Philadelphia, PA, for Allstate Insurance Company of Canada.

Elizabeth Anne Downey, Downey, Hildinger & Sosin, P.C., Southfield, MI, for Atlanta International Insurance Company.

Daniel C. Symonds, David B. Klein, Blake, Kirchner, Symonds, MacFarlane, Larson & Smith, Detroit, MI, for Bituminous Casualty Corporation.

Michael G. Vartanian, Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman, Detroit, MI, for Canadian Indemnity Company, Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company.

Mark S. Allard, Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett, Grand Rapids, MI, Frederick J. Dindoffer, Bodman, Longley & Dahling, Detroit, MI, Gale Reddie Lea, Jackson & Kelly, Charleston, WV, Wondie Russell, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, CA, for Cannelton Industries, Inc.


OPINION

QUIST, District Judge.

On June 30, 1995, Cannelton Industries, Inc. ("Cannelton") filed a motion for leave to supplement and amend its counterclaims. Cannelton sought permission to add two additional counts to its counterclaim: conspiracy to misrepresent or conceal facts (Count II) and equitable estoppel (Count III). Pursuant to these counts, Cannelton asserts that the insurers should be estopped from relying upon the pollution exclusion to...

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