GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK, CO. v. COMMERCIAL UNION

No. 94 C 2579.

57 F.Supp.2d 525 (1999)

GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK COMPANY, Plaintiff-Counterdefendant, The City of Chicago, et al., Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Counterplaintiffs.

United States District Court, N.D.Illinois, Eastern Division.

March 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry M. Grimm, Duane M. Kelley, Jack J. Crowe, Michael V. Hasten, James F. Hurst, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, plaintiff.

Don W. Fowler, Richard Fred Johnson, Richard Edward Mueller, Frederic W. Weber, David M Agnew, Christine J. Siwik, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, Michael Patrick Hannigan, Connelly & Schroeder, Chicago, IL, Phillip A. Bock, Stein, Ray & Conway, Chicago, IL, for Commercial Union Assurance Company, Ocean Marine Insurance Company, Limited, Sirius (UK) Insurance PLC, Prudential Assurance Company Limited, Pearl Assurance Public Limited Company, Indemnity Marine Assurance Company Limited, defendants.

Don W. Fowler, Richard Fred Johnson, Richard Edward Mueller, Frederic W. Weber, David M Agnew, Christine J. Siwik, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, for London & Hull Maritime Insurance Company Limited, Sovereign Marine and General Ins. Co. Ltd., Tokio Marine & Fire Ins. Co. Ltd., (U.K.), Northern Assurance Co. Ltd., Scottish Lion Ins. Co. Ltd., Threadneedle Ins. Co. Ltd., Insurance Co. of north America (U.K.) Ltd., Minster Ins. Co., Ltd., Yorkshire Ins. Co., Ltd., Orion Ins. Co. P.L.C., Phoenix Assurance Public Ltd. Co., Norwich Union Fire Ins. Society Ltd., Bishipsgate Ins. Ltd., Sphere Drake Ins. PLC, DIA-Tokyo Ins. Co. (UK) Ltd., Lombard Continental Ins. PLC, Assicurazioni Generali S.P.A., La Reunion Francaise Soc. Anon D'Assurances at Des Reassurances, Hansa Marine Ins. Co. (U.K.) Ltd., Vesta (U.K.) Ins. Co. Ltd., Certain Lloyd's Syndicates Underwriting the Policy Evidenced by Cover Note 91E1979, defendants.

Richard Fred Johnson, Christine J. Siwik, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, Neal R. Novak, Dan J. Hofmeister, Jr., Michael Lee Tischleder, Brand & Novak, Limited, Chicago, IL, for Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Company of Europe Ltd., The Limited, defendants.

Stephen Belgrade, John Andrew O'Donnell, James Kent Minnette, Belgrade and O'Donnell, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Continental Insurance Company, defendant.

William J. Harte, Stephen L. Garcia, William J. Harte, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Commonwealth Edison Company, counter-defendant.

William J. Harte, Stephen L. Garcia, William J. Harte, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Kantner & Mattenson, Ltd., Merit Insurance Company, Aera Crockett, MJ Miller & Co. Inc., Edwin J Mills, Richard Cook, Dr., Tiffany Wilson, Le Pecque Women's Apparel, Jac-Lin, Merced E Zuniga, Jolie Mome Inc., Norman C. Berliant, Fish Port, Inc., Hedlund corp., Oriental Electronics, Inc., R & L Fashions, Inc., Royal Redemption Center, Inc., Young Jong, intervenors.

Richard Charles Bollow, Russ M. Strobel, Theodore Robert Tetzlaff, Kenneth A. Kroot, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, William J. Harte, Stephen L. Garcia, William J. Hate, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Michael A. Forti, City of Chicago, Department of Law, Chicago, IL, for Donald L Hohman, intervenor.


FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER

GOTTSCHALL, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company ("Great Lakes"), filed this action under the federal Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201, seeking a declaratory judgment that various insurance policies purchased from a consortium of primarily London-based insurance companies led by the Commercial Union Assurance Company, P.L.C. (hereinafter collectively referred to as...

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