In Re: THE WALLACE & GALE COMPANY, Debtor.
Roy E. Jones; Andrew R. Youngbar; Louise Holcomb, Personal Representative of the Estate of Cossie Holcomb; Robert M. Barber, Personal Representative of the Estate of Milton Barber, Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company; Hartford Insurance Company; Continental Casualty Company; Adriatic Insurance Company; St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company; Granite State Insurance Company; New Hampshire Insurance Company; Travelers Casualty And Surety Company, Defendants-Appellees, and
The Wallace & Gale Company; Mayor Of Baltimore; City Council Of Baltimore City; American Employers Insurance Company; International Insurance Company, Defendants,
The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Intervenor-Defendant.
Porter Hayden Company; Official Committee Of Unsecured Creditors Of Porter Hayden; Official Committee Of Unsecured Creditors Of Acands, Incorporated; Acands, Incorporated; JT Thorpe Company; Celotex Asbestos Settlement Trust, Amici Supporting Appellant.
Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association; The American Insurance Association; Certain Underwriters At Lloyd's, London, Amici Supporting Appellee.
In Re: The Wallace & Gale Company, Debtor.
Roy E. Jones; Andrew R. Youngbar; Louise Holcomb, Personal Representative of the Estate of Cossie Holcomb; Robert M. Barber, Personal Representative of the Estate of Milton Barber, Intervenors-Plaintiffs,
v.
Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, Defendant-Appellant,
v.
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee, and
The Wallace & Gale Company; Mayor Of Baltimore; City Council Of Baltimore City; Hartford Insurance Company; CNA-Continental Casualty Company; Adriatic Insurance Company; St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company; American Employers Insurance Company; International Insurance Company; Granite State Insurance Company; New Hampshire Insurance Company, Defendants,
The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Intervenor-Defendant.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued: October 30, 2003.
Decided: October 6, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: Mark Herbert Kolman, Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellants.
Lee Hedgecock Ogburn, Kramon & Graham, P.A., Baltimore, MD; William Judkins Bowman, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.; Robert L. Hoegle, Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellees.
ON BRIEF: Jerold Oshinsky, Katherine J. Henry, Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.; James R. Matthews, Keating, Muething & Klekamp, L.L.P., Cincinnati, OH, for Appellants.
Steven M. Klepper, Kramon & Graham, P.A., Baltimore, MD; Jonathan S. Franklin, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.; Harry Lee, Steptoe & Johnson, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.; David M. Rice, Laurie J. Hepler, Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA; Robert M. Wright, William P. Pearce, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, L.L.P., Baltimore, MD; Mary S. Diemer, Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellees.
Marc S. Mayerson, Robert E. Johnston, Spriggs & Hollingsworth, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Porter Hayden.
Philip E. Milch, Campbell & Levine, L.L.C., Pittsburgh, PA, for Amicus Curiae Creditors of Porter Hayden.
Armand J. Volta, Jr., Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, Baltimore, MD, for Amicus Curiae Creditors of ACandS.
Mark A. Packman, Joel E. Greer, Gilbert, Heintz & Randolph, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae ACandS, et al.
Laura A. Foggan, John C. Yang, Amy K. Graham, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Insurance Litigation Association, et al.
Thomas J. Quinn, Stephen T. Roberts, Mendes & Mount, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Lloyd's, et al.
Before WIDENER and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and MICHAEL, Senior United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, sitting by designation.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Widener wrote the opinion, in which Judge Duncan and Senior Judge Michael concurred.
WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
This appeal concerns insurers' liability for asbestos-related bodily injuries. The intervenors appeal from the district court's decision adopting what is called the pro-rata rule of Mayor & City Council of Baltimore v. Utica Mutual Insurance Co.,145 Md.App. 256, ...
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