E.R. SQUIBB & SONS v. ACCIDENT & CAS. INS. CO.

Nos. 97-9468(L); 97-9470(CON); 97-9472(CON); 97-9474(CON); 97-9476(CON); 97-9484(XAP).

160 F.3d 925 (1998)

E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ACCIDENT & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.; American Home Assurance Co.; Allan Peter Dennis Haycock; Accident & Casualty Insurance Co. of Winterthur; Alba General Insurance Co., Ltd.; Anglo-French Insurance Co., Ltd.; Anglo Saxon Insurance Co., Ltd.; Argonaut-Northwest Insurance Co., Ltd.; Aviation & General Insurance Co.; Bishopsgate Insurance Co., Ltd.; British Aviation Insurance Co., Ltd.; City General Insurance Co.; Commercial Union Insurance Co.; Cornhill Insurance Co., Ltd.; Delta Lloyd Non-Life Insurance Co., Ltd.; Dominion Insurance Co., Ltd.; Drake Insurance Co., Ltd.; Eagle Star Insurance Co., Ltd.; Excess Insurance Co., Ltd.; Fidelidade Insurance Co. of Lisbon; Helvetia Accident Swiss Insurance Co.; Hull Underwriters Association Ltd.; Lombard Insurance Co., Ltd.; London & Edinburgh Insurance Co., Ltd.; London & Edinburgh General Insurance Co., Ltd.; Minister Insurance Co., Ltd.; Motor Union Insurance Co., Ltd.; National Casualty Co.; National Casualty Co. of America Ltd.; New India Assurance Co., Ltd.; New London Reinsurance Co., Ltd.; Northbrook Excess & Surplus Insurance Co.; River Thames Insurance Co., Ltd.; Royal Scot Insurance; St. Katherine Insurance Co., Ltd.; Scottish Lion Insurance Co., Ltd.; Southern Insurance Co., Ltd.; Sphere Insurance Co., Ltd.; Stronghold Insurance Co., Ltd.; Swiss National Insurance Co.; Swiss Union General Insurance Co., Ltd.; The Threadneedle Insurance Co., Ltd.; Trent Insurance Co., Ltd.; Turegum Insurance Co.; Unionamerica Insurance Co., Ltd.; Vanguard Insurance Co., Ltd.; "Winterthur" Swiss Insurance Co.; World Auxiliary Insurance Corp, Ltd.; World Marine Insurance Co.; Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd.; Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London; Continental Casualty Co., Defendants-Appellants, Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, Appellant, American Motorists Insurance Co.; Lloyd's & Companies; Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.; Andrew Weir Insurance Co., Ltd.; Bermuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co.; British National Insurance Co.; California Union Insurance Co.; Centennial Insurance Co.; Columbia Casualty; Employers Insurance of Wausau; English & American Insurance Co., Ltd.; Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.; Great American Insurance Co.; Highlands Insurance Co.; Home Insurance Co.; Insurance Company of North America; Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.; London & Overseas Insurance Co., Ltd.; Lumbermans Mutual Casualty Co.; Midland Insurance Co.; Mission Insurance Co.; Mutual Reinsurance Co., Ltd.; National American Insurance Co. of New York; Orion Insurance Co., Ltd.; St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.; Southern American Insurance Co.; Sovereign Marine & General Insurance Co., Ltd.; Transit Casualty Co.; United Standard Insurance Co., Ltd.; Walbrook Insurance Co., Ltd.; The Hanover Insurance Co.; Utica Mutual Insurance Co., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 25, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Marshall Moriarty (John T. Montgomery, James W. Matthews, Rachel E. Hershfang, of counsel), Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Louis Solomon, Solomon, Zauderer, Ellenhorn, Frischer & Sharp, New York City (Hal S. Shaftel, Caroline S. Press, and Laleh Ispahani, Solomon, Zauderer, Ellenhorn, Frischer & Sharp; Robert S. Rifkind and David J. Stone, Cravath, Swain & Moore, New York City, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Charles A. Booth, Ford Marrin Esposito Witmeyer & Gleser, New York City, for Defendant-Appellant Continental Casualty Co.

Before: JACOBS, CALABRESI, and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.


Judge JACOBS concurs in the opinion of the Court, and also files a separate opinion.

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, a group of more than fifty insurers, appeal from a declaratory judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (John S. Martin, Jr., Judge) following a jury trial on the insurance policies provided by Appellants to Appellee E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc...

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