GENERAL INS. CO. OF AMERICA v. U.S. FIRE INS. CO.

No. 17-1585.

886 F.3d 346 (2018)

GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, The Walter E. Campbell Company, Inc. Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY; St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees, and National Indemnity Company; Federal Insurance Company; Crum & Forster Corporation; Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association Insurance Company; The Continental Insurance Company, Defendants, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff, The Travelers Indemnity Company; Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty Corporation, Defendant and Third Party Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 26, 2018.

Amended: March 28, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Bryan Michael Killian , MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Harry Lee , STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Jeffrey S. Raskin , San Francisco, California, William B. Nes , MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Catherine Cockerham , STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company. William P. Shelley , Jacob C. Cohn , GORDON & REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellee United States Fire Insurance Company.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wynn wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wilkinson and Judge Agee joined.


This insurance coverage dispute involves the applicability of two insurers' policies to past, pending, and future asbestos-related bodily injury claims against the Walter E. Campbell Company ("WECCO"), the insured. WECCO appeals several rulings by the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against WECCO and in favor...

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