ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INS. CO. v. LEFTON IRON & METAL CO., INC.

No. 5-96-0130.

694 N.E.2d 1049 (1998)

296 Ill. App.3d 475

230 Ill.Dec. 771

ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY and St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company, Plaintiffs and Counterdefendants-Appellees, v. LEFTON IRON & METAL COMPANY, INC., and Lefton Land & Development Company, Defendants and Counterplaintiffs and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants (Transportation Insurance Company, Commercial Union Insurance Company, Continental Casualty Company, General Accident Insurance Company of America, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, Ranger Insurance Company, and Safety National Casualty Corporation, Third-Party Defendants-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

May 5, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell K. Scott, Dunham, Boman & Leskera, Belleville, for Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Carl Lee, Thomas R. Peters, Gundlach, Lee, Eggmann, Boyle & Roessler, Bellville; Kathy P. Waring, Sonia S. Waisman, Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, LLP, San Diego, CA, for St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co. and St. Paul Mercury Ins. Co.

John L. McMullin, Brown & James, P.C., St. Louis, MO; Mary Beth Denefe, Stephen J. Fleischer, Haskell & Perrin, Chicago, for Continental Cas. Co. and Transportation Ins. Co.

Charles L. Joley, Donovan, Rose, Nester & Szewczyk, P.C., Belleville; William G. Stone, James R. Branit, Bullaro, Carton & Stone, Chicago, for Commercial Union Ins. Co.

Thomas M. Crisham, John P. O'Malley, Quinlan & Crisham, Ltd., Chicago, for General Acc. Ins. Co. of America.

Clausen Miller, P.C., Margaret J. Orbon, Amy Rich Paulus, Edward M. Kay, Chicago, for National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA.

John C. Mulgrew, Jr., Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, for Ranger Ins. Co.

Kevin J. Davlin, Livingstone, Mueller, O'Brien & Davlin, Springfield, for Safety Nat. Cas. Corp.


Justice GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

The instant appeal involves a coverage dispute between defendants/counterplaintiffs/third-party plaintiffs, Lefton Iron & Metal Company, Inc. (Lefton Iron), and Lefton Land Development, Inc. (Lefton Land) (collectively referred to as Lefton), and its primary insurance carrier, plaintiff/counterdefendant, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company and St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company (collectively referred...

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