IN RE CELOTEX CORP.

Bankruptcy Nos. 90-10016-8B1, 90-10017-8B1. Adv. No. 91-40.

196 B.R. 602 (1996)

In re The CELOTEX CORPORATION, et al., Debtors. The CELOTEX CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. AIU INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida, Tampa Division.

May 21, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey W. Warren, Bush, Ross, Gardner, Warren & Rudy, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Debtors.

Charles P. Schropp, William R. Daniel, Schropp, Buell & Elligett, P.A., Tampa, FL, Deborah A. Swindells, Karen L. Bush, Nicholas J. Zoogman, Anderson, Kill, Olick & Oshinsky, Washington, DC, Stephen A. Madva, Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, Bruce Bishop, Willcox & Savage, Norfolk, VA, for Plaintiffs.

George N. Wood, Vice President and General Counsel, The Celotex Corporation, Tampa, FL.

Sara Kistler, Assistant United States Trustee, Tampa, FL.

John W. Kozyak, Kozyak Tropin Throckmorton & Humphreys, P.A., Miami, FL, for Asbestos Property Damage Claimants Committee.

Charles M. Tatelbaum, Johnson, Blakely, Pope, Boker, Ruppel & Burns, P.A., Clearwater, FL, for Unsecured Trade Creditors Committee.

William Knight Zewadski, Trenam, Kemker, Scharf, Barkin, Frye, O'Neill & Mullis, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Unofficial Asbestos Health Claim Co-Defendants Committee.

H.C. Goplerud, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, Tampa, FL, for Asbestos Health Claimants Committee.

Sheldon S. Toll, Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn, Detroit, MI, for Asbestos Health Claimants Committee.

Daniel C. Sauls, John Flyger, Steptoe & Johnson Company, Washington, DC, for Highlands Insurance Co. and Old Republic Insurance Company.

Robert J. Bates, Jr., Maryann C. Hayes, Stanley V. Figura, Bates Meckler Bugler & Tilson, Chicago, IL, for Eric Reinsurance Company.

Deborah M. Paris, Paris & Associates, Tampa, FL, for Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London (Plaisted).

John A. Yanchunis, Blasingame Forizs & Smiljanich, St. Petersburg, FL, for Transportation Insurance Company, Continental Casualty Company, Columbia Casualty Company, Eric Reinsurance Company and Zurich American Insurance Company.

David C. McLauchlan, Andrew Kochanowski, Lord Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, for Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London.

Thomas B. Keegan, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Chicago, IL, for Employers Mutual Casualty Company.

William Clearly, Mendes & Mount, New York City, for Barrett and London Market Companies.

Gregory J. Willis, Bart Billbrough, Walton Lantaff Schroeder & Carson, Miami, FL, for Florida Insurance Guaranty Association, Inc.

W. Gray Dunlap, Jr., Tampa, FL, for Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, First State Insurance Company and Twin City Fire Insurance Company.

Rolph Gilbertson, Zeele & Larson, Minneapolis, MN, for Employers Insurance of WAUSAU.

Margaret Jones, Grippo & Eldon, Chicago, IL, for American Insurance Company and National Surety Corporation.

Thomas B. Mimms, Jr., MacFarlane Ferguson, Tampa, FL, for American Home Assurance Company, AIU Insurance Company, Highlands Insurance Company, Old Republic Insurance Company, Granite State Insurance Company, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA., Employers Mutual Casualty Company, American Insurance Company, National Surety Company and St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance Company.

Christine A. Nykiel, Jackson & Cambell, Washington, DC, for American Home Assurance Company, AIU Insurance Company, Granite State Insurance Company, Lexington Insurance Company and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA.

Elizabeth G. Repaal, Harris Barrett, Mann & Dew, Tampa, FL, for Northbrook, as successor in interest to Allstate Insurance Company.

Mary A. Lau, Lau Lane Pieper Conley & McCreadie, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Employers Insurance Company of WAUSAU.

Elizabeth B. Sandza, Cynthia T. Andreason, LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MaCrae, Washington, DC, for Hudson Insurance Company and Gibraltar Casualty Company.

William S. Daskam, IV, Butler Burnette & Pappas, Tampa, FL, for Continental Insurance Company.

Rick Dalan, Clearwater, FL, for Royal Indemnity Company.

Jeffrey A. Aman, Aman & Lins, Tampa, FL, for Insurance Company of North America and California Union Insurance Company.


ORDER ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON THE COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL EFFECT OF McCRORY'S ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

THOMAS E. BAYNES, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

THIS CAUSE came on for consideration upon Motion for Summary Judgment by Defendant Plaisted London Market. This Court has considered all arguments and evidence, including the entire record for this case, consistent with a ruling on a motion for summary judgment.

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