TRAVELER'S INSURANCE COMPANY et al. (Gibralter Casualty Company, Appellee and Cross-Appellant)
v.
ELJER MANUFACTURING, INC., et al., Appellants and Cross-Appellees.
Supreme Court of Illinois.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 20, 2001.
September 20, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Luke DeGrand, of Clark & DeGrand, Chicago, Jonathan Hayden, of Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, California, for appellant and cross-appellee Household International, Inc.
Michael D. Freeborn and Michael T. Nova, of Freeborn & Peters, Chicago, R. Nicholas Gimbel, of Klett, Rooney, Lieber & Schorling (Jan Fink Call, Kevin J. Kotch, Kenneth J. Grunfeld and Charles B. Blakinger, of Hoyle, Morris & Kerr L.L.P., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of counsel), for appellants and cross-appellees United States Brass Corporation et al.
William M. Cohn, Michael J. Baughman, Brian C. Coffey, of Cohn & Baughman, Chicago, Mark D. Plevin, Amy J. Mauser, Steven P. Rice, Paul N. Alp., Sheetal B. Shah, of Crowell & Moring L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for appellees and cross-appellants Century Indemnity Co. and International Insurance Co.
Mitchell S. Goldgehn, James A. Smith, of Aronberg, Goldgehn, Davis & Garmisa, Chicago, for appellees and cross-appellants Allstate Insurance Co. et al.
Terrence E. Kiwala, of Rooks, Pitts & Poust, Chicago, and William J. Bowman, Patrick F. Hofer, of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for appellees and cross-appellants Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. and First State Insurance Co.
Thomas W. Brunner, John C. Yang, Leslie A. Platt, N. Christopher Hardee, of Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae The Insurers' Year 2000 Roundtable. William M. Cohn, Michael J. Baughman, Chicago, for Appellees Century Indem. Co., Intern. Ins. Co.
Jay V. Krafsur, The Krafsur Law Group, Chicago, for Appellee Nat. Sur. Corp.
Robert C. Johnson, Alan M. Posner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, for Appellees Travelers Cas. & Sur. Co., Travelers Ins. Group.
Hallie Miller Fahey, Michael M. Marick, Meckler Bugler & Tilson, Chicago, for Appellee Zurich Intern., Ltd.
Margaret H. Warner, Gregory A. Krauss, McDermott, Will & Emery, Washington, DC, Michael Resis, O'Hagan, Smith & Amundsen, L.L.C., Chicago, for Appellee Continental Ins. Co.
Matthew J. Fink, Bollinger, Ruberry & Garvey, Chicago, for Appellee Intern. Ins. Co.
Sandra Young, Thomas B. Underwood, Purcell & Wardrope, Chicago, for Appellees Nat. Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., Granite State Ins. Co.Creed T. Tucker, Alan S. Zelkowitz, Landau Omahana Tucker Progar & Siebenhaar LLC, Chicago, for Appellee Fed. Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of Illinois.
Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:
We are asked in this consolidated appeal to determine when indemnity coverage for "property damage" under excess comprehensive general liability insurance policies, issued between 1979 and 1990 by various insurance companies1 (the insurers) to Eljer Manufacturing, Inc., Eljer Industries, Inc., United States Brass Corporation and Household International, Inc. (the policyholders), is triggered...
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