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ALLIANZ INS. CO. v. GUIDANT CORP.

No. 2-04-1038.

839 N.E.2d 113 (2005)

355 Ill. App.3d 721

298 Ill.Dec. 126

ALLIANZ INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GUIDANT CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant (Zurich Specialties London Ltd., Gerling Konzern Allgemeine Versicherungs-AG, Liberty International Insurance Company, Intervenors and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellees; American International Specialty Lines Insurance Company, Westchester Fire Insurance Company, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, Third-Party Defendants-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

January 28, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Rose Alexander, Maaike S. Hudson, Paige S. Ormond, Latham & Watkins LLP, Chicago, G. Andrew Lundberg, Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Terry A. Ekl, Vincent C. Mancini, Connolly, Ekl & Williams, P.C., Clarendon Hills, for Guidant Corporation.

Lazar P. Raynal, Geoffrey A. Vance, McDermott, Will & Every, Chicago, Margaret H. Warner, Gregory A. Krauss, McDermott, Will & Emery, Washington, DC, for Allianz Insurance Company.

Josh M. Kantrow, Cozen O'Connor, Chicago, J.C. Ditzler, Jodi McDougall, Cozen O'Connor, Seattle, WA, for Gerling Konzern Allgemeine Versicherungs-AG, Liberty International Insurance Company, Zurich Specialties London Ltd.

Joseph A. Hinkhouse, Richard McDermott, Sarah H. Dearing, Lord, Bissell & Brook, LLP, Chicago, for American International Specialty Lines Insurance Company.

Lori E. Iwan, James K. Horstman, Douglas M. DeWitt, Iwan, Cray, Huber, Horstman & VanAusdal, LLC, Chicago, for Westchester Fire Insurance Company.

Michael W. Morrison, Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, Chicago, for Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company.

Justice GROMETER delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Guidant Corporation (Guidant), appeals an order of the circuit court of Du Page County denying its request for a partial stay of this insurance coverage lawsuit. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Ancure Device and the Underlying Claims

Guidant, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Endovascular Technologies, Inc. (EVT), developed and manufactured a medical device known as the...

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