JOHN CRANE INC., Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
ADMIRAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Allianz Underwriters Insurance Company, Allstate Insurance Company, AIU Insurance Company, American Motorists Insurance Company, American Re-Insurance Company, Columbia Casualty Company, Continental Casualty Company, Continental Insurance Company, First State Insurance Company, Granite State Insurance Company, Hartford Accident & Indemnity, Insurance Company of North Amercia, Lexington Insurance Company, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, National Surety Corp., National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, ITG Insurance Company, Twin City Fire Insurance Company, Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London and Certain London Market Insurance Companies, Including Excess Insurance Co., Ltd.; General Reinsurance Corp.; River Thames Insurance Co.; World Auxiliary Insurances Corp., and John Does 1-400, Defendants-Appellees.
John Crane Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Admiral Insurance Company, Allianz Underwriters Insurance Company, Allstate Insurance Company, AIU Insurance Company, American Motorists Insurance Company, American Re-Insurance Company, Columbia Casualty Company, Continental Casualty Company, Continental Insurance Company, First State Insurance Company, Granite State Insurance Company, Hartford Accident & Indemnity, Insurance Company of North Amercia, Lexington Insurance Company, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, National Surety Corproation, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, ITG Insurance Company, Twin City Fire Insurance Company, Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London and Certain London Market Insurance Companies, Including Excess Insurance Co., Ltd.; General Reinsurance Corp.; River Thames Insurance Co.; World Auxiliary Insurances Corp., and John Does 1-400, Defendants-Appellants.
John Crane Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Admiral Insurance Company, Allianz Underwriters Insurance Company, Allstate Insurance Company, AIU Insurance Company, American Motorists Insurance Company, American Re-Insurance Company, Columbia Casualty Company, Continental Casualty Company, Continental Insurance Company, First State Insurance Company, Granite State Insurance Company, Hartford Accident & Indemnity, Insurance Company of North Amercia, Lexington Insurance Company, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, National Surety Corproation, National Union Fire Insurance Company Of Pittsburgh, PA, ITG Insurance Company, Twin City Fire Insurance Company, Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London and Certain London Market Insurance Companies, Including Excess Insurance Co., Ltd.; General Reinsurance Corp.; River Thames Insurance Co.; World Auxiliary Insurances Corp., and John Does 1-400, Defendants-Appellants.
Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 22, 2009.
May 22, 2009.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Michael H. Moirano, Edward B. Mueller, Michael J. Daley, Nisen & Elliott, Chicago, IL, William F. Greaney, Allan B. Moore, Joanne B. Grossman, Laird Hart, Benjamin C. Block, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for John Crane Inc.
Rebecca L. Ross, Clinton E. Cameron, David F. Cutter, Stephanie L. Haas, Ross, Dixon & Bell, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Columbia Casualty Company, Continental Casualty Company, and The Continental Insurance Company, as successor to certain interests of London Guarantee and Accident Company of New York.
Robert R. Anderson, III, John Hughes, Daniel A. Waitzman, Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & DYM Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Allstate Insurance Company, solely as successor in interest to Northbrook Excess and Surplus Insurance Company, formerly known as Northbrook Insurance Company.
Mary F. Stafford, Colleen Brown, Clausen Miller P.C., Chicago, IL, for AIU Insurance Company, Granite State Insurance Company, Lexington Insurance Company, and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA.
Catherine M. Crisham, Kristi S. Nolley, Bates & Carey, Chicago, IL, for Allianz Insurance Company, American Re-Insurance Company, and National Surety Corporation.
Matthew Farmer, Cohn, Baughman & Martin, Chicago, IL, for Century Indemnity Company, as successor to CCI Insurance Company, as successor to Insurance Company of North America.
Timothy J. Fagan and John D. LaBarbera, Smith Amundsen, L.L.C., Chicago, IL, for TIG Insurance Company.
Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.
Justice TOOMIN delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiff, John Crane Inc. (Crane), appeals from the grant of a preliminary injunction enjoining it from engaging in any other litigation in any forum related to insurance coverage for asbestos claims against John Crane. Certain defendants also appeal the trial court's denial of their motion to extend the injunction through all appeals in this proceeding. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the circuit...
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