HM HOLDINGS, INC., U.S. INDUSTRIES, INC., AND KIDDE INDUSTRIES INC., PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS,
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AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY, AMERICAN MOTORIST INSURANCE COMPANY, CENTRAL NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF OMAHA, INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY AND TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS, AND AETNA LIFE & CASUALTY COMPANY, AIU INSURANCE COMPANY, ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY (AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO NORTHBROOK EXCESS AND SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY), AMERICAN CENTENNIAL INSURANCE COMPANY, AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, AMERICAN RE-INSURANCE CO., CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, CONTINENTAL CORPORATION (AS SUCCESSOR TO HARBOR INSURANCE COMPANY), CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY, EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU, EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY, FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, FIRST STATE INSURANCE COMPANY, GIBRALTAR CASUALTY COMPANY, GLOBE SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, GRANITE STATE INSURANCE COMPANY, HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY COMPANY, HIGHLANDS INSURANCE COMPANY, HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY, LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S AND COMPANIES IN THE LONDON MARKET, NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA, NEW JERSEY PROPERTY-LIABILITY INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, NORTHBROOK INDEMNITY COMPANY, NORTH STAR REINSURANCE COMPANY, PRUDENTIAL REINSURANCE COMPANY, THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, TRANSAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY, TRANSAMERICA PREMIER INSURANCE COMPANY, UNIGARD MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY AND WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION (AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO PURITAN INSURANCE COMPANY), DEFENDANTS.
