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BONDEX INTERN., INC. v. HARTFORD ACC. AND INDEM.

Nos. 08-4735, 09-3091, 09-3092, 09-3304, 09-3307.

667 F.3d 669 (2011)

BONDEX INTERNATIONAL, INC.; RPM, Inc.; and Republic Powdered Metals, Inc. (08-4735), Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY, et al., Defendant, and Allstate Insurance Company (09-3091); Mt. McKinley Insurance Company (09-3092); Century Indemnity Company (09-3304); Continental Casualty Company; Columbia Casualty Company (09-3307), Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 28, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Dennis R. Lansdowne , Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Plaintiffs. Daniel F. Gourash , Seeley, Savidge, Ebert & Gourash Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, Ohio, Patricia B. Santelle , White and Williams LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Andrew T. Frankel , Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants. ON BRIEF: Dennis R. Lansdowne , Shelly K. Hillyer , Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP, Michael E. Brittain , Jeffrey J. Lauderdale , Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, John B. Nalbandian , Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Plaintiffs. Daniel F. Gourash , Robert D. Anderle , Seeley, Savidge, Ebert & Gourash, Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, Ohio, Patricia B. Santelle , Michael. E. DiFebbo , Shane R. Heskin , White and Williams LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Andrew T. Frankel , Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, New York, Robert F. Cossolini , Jeremiah L. O'Leary , Finazzo, Cossolini, O'Leary, Meola & Hager LLC, Morristown, New Jersey, David M. Rice , Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP, San Francisco, California, Clifford C. Masch , Holly M. Wilson , Reminger & Reminger Co., LPA, Cleveland, Ohio, Howard J. Fishman , Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa, Chicago, Illinois, Brian T. Winchester , McNeal, Schick, Archibald & Biro Co., LPA, Cleveland, Ohio, Michael J. Baughman , Cohn, Baughman & Martin, Chicago, Illinois, David J. Fagnilli , Davis & Young, Cleveland, Ohio, Andrew T. Hayes , Steven R. Hobson , Leiby, Hanna & Rasnick, Akron, Ohio, Michael E. Smith , Frantz Ward LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, Andrew M. Wargo , Bonezzi Switzer Murphy Polito & Hupp Co. L.P.A., Cleveland, Ohio, for Defendants. Michael J. Hendershot , Richard D. Schuster , Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Columbus, Ohio, for Amicus Curiae.

Before: DAUGHTREY, COOK, and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

COOK, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-Appellants RPM, Inc. ("RPM") and its two subsidiaries, Bondex International, Inc. ("Bondex") and Republic Powdered Metals, Inc. ("New Republic"), seek coverage from multiple insurance companies, Appellees, for Appellants' settlement and defense costs related to thousands of asbestos-exposure products-liability lawsuits that began in 1981. Many of the underlying asbestos claims allegedly arise from consumers' exposure...

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