E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant,
v.
LLOYD'S & COMPANIES; Accident and Casualty Insurance Co. of Winterthur; The Aetna Casualty and Surety Co.; American Motorists Insurance Company; Andrew Weir Insurance Co., Ltd.; Argonaut-Northwest Insurance Co.; Bermuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.; British National Insurance Company; California Union Insurance Company; Centennial Insurance Co.; Columbia Casualty; Employers Insurance of Wausau; English & American Insurance Company Ltd.; Fireman's Fund Insurance Company; Great American Insurance Company; Highlands Insurance Company; Home Insurance Company; Insurance Company of North America; Liberty Mutual Insurance; London & Overseas Insurance Co., Ltd.; Lumbermans Mutual Casualty Co.; Midland Insurance Co.; Mission Insurance Company; Mutual Reinsurance Company Ltd.; National American Insurance Company of New York; Orion Insurance Co. Ltd.; St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company; Southern American Insurance Co.; Sovereign Marine and General Insurance Company, Ltd.; Transit Casualty Insurance Company; United Standard Insurance Co. Ltd.; Walbrook Insurance Company Ltd.; Hanover Insurance Company; Utica Mutual Insurance Company; Defendants,
Alba General Insurance Co., Ltd.; Anglo-French Insurance Co., Ltd.; Anglo Saxon Insurance Co. Ltd.; Aviation & General Insurance Co.; Bishopsgate Insurance Co. Ltd.; British Aviation Insurance Co. Ltd.; City General Insurance Co.; Cornhill Insurance Company Limited; Delta Lloyd Non-Life Insurance Co., Ltd.; Dominion Insurance Co. Limited; Drake Insurance Co. Ltd.; Eagle Star Insurance Co., Ltd.; Edinburgh Assurance 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 Company, Ltd.; London & Edinburgh General Insurance Co., Ltd.; Minster Insurance Co. Ltd.; Motor Union Insurance Co. Ltd.; National Casualty Company; National Casualty Co. of America Ltd.; New India Assurance Company Ltd.; New London Reinsurance Co. Ltd.; River Thames Insurance Company Limited; Royal Scot Insurance; St. Katherine Insurance Co. Ltd.; Scottish Lion Insurance Co. Ltd.; Southern Insurance Co. Ltd.; Sphere Insurance Co. Ltd.; Stronghold Insurance Company, Ltd.; Swiss National Insurance Co.; Swiss Union General Insurance Company, Ltd.; The Threadneedle Insurance Co. Ltd.; Trent Insurance Co. Ltd.; Turegum Insurance Company; UnionAmerica Insurance Co. Ltd.; Vanguard Insurance Co. Ltd.; "Winterthur" Swiss Insurance Co.; World Auxiliary Insurance Corporation Ltd.; World Marine Insurance Corporation Ltd.; Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. (U.K.) Ltd.; Accident and Casualty Insurance Co.; Stephen Merrett and Allan Peter Denis Haycock individually or through their Heirs, Executors or Administrators, on behalf of themselves and all other similar situated underwriters, Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London; Northbrook Excess & Surplus Insurance; Continental Casualty Company; American Home Assurance Company; Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, Commercial Union Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. August Term, 1999.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 4, 1999.
Decided February 20, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
George Marshall Moriarty (John T. Montgomery, Rachel E. Hershfang, Catherine A. Mondell, James W. Matthews, on the brief), Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA, for London Defendants-Appellants.
Louis Solomon, Solomon, Zauderer, Ellenhorn, Frischer & Sharp, (Hal S. Shaftel, Caroline S. Press, and Laleh Ispahani, Solomon, Zauderer, Ellenhorn, Frischer & Sharp; and Robert S. Rifkind, Cravath, Swain & Moore, New York, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Charles A. Booth, Ford Marrin Esposito Witmeyer & Gleser, New York, NY, (James W. Greene, Thompson, O'Donnell, Markham, Norton & Hannon), for Defendant-Appellant Continental Casualty Co.
Richard H. Gimer, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Washington, DC, (Paul N. Farquharson, Thomas V. McCarron, on the brief) for Defendant-Appellant Commercial Union Insurance Co.
Anthony R. Gambardella, (Robert B. Kambic), Rivkin, Radler & Kremer, Uniondale, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Northbrook Excess and Surplus Insurance Co.
Norman J. Golub, Marshall, Conway & Wright, P.C., New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant American Home Assurance Co., and Appellant Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania.
Before JACOBS, CALABRESI, and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. August Term, 1999.
Judge JACOBS dissents from parts II.C & II.D in a separate opinion, but otherwise joins in the opinion of the Court.
INTRODUCTION
PER CURIAM:
For the past eighteen years, this case, a declaratory judgment action brought by the maker of the drug diethylstilbestrol ("DES") to resolve complex insurance coverage issues, has been slowly making its way through the federal courts. While it is, unfortunately, not unusual for a complicated case such as...
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