TRAVELERS v. UNITED STATES FILTER CORP.

No. 49S02-0712-CV-596.

895 N.E.2d 1172 (2008)

TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, et al., Appellants (Defendants below), v. UNITED STATES FILTER CORPORATION n/k/a Water Applications & Systems Corporation, U.S. Filter Surface Preparation Group Inc. n/k/a International Surface Preparation Group, Inc., Wheelabrator Technologies Inc., Waste Management Holdings, Inc. and Resco Holdings, L.L.C., Appellees (Plaintiffs below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

October 15, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Rocap, Indianapolis, IN, Mary Massaron Ross, Detroit, MI, Charles W. Browning, Stephen P. Brown, Michael D. Almassian, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Attorneys for Appellants Travelers Casualty and Surety Company and the Travelers Indemnity Company.

Norman T. Funk, Rori L. Goldman, Indianapolis, IN, Robert R. Anderson, III, Allison G. Margolies, Chicago, IL, Attorneys for Appellant Allstate Insurance Company.

Donald G. Orzeske, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Appellant Certain Solvent Insurance Companies of the Lloyd's of London Market Companies.

P. Russell Perdew, Chicago, IL, Attorney for Appellant Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London and the Lloyd's of London Market Companies.

Mary K. Reeder, Indianapolis, IN, David E. Schoenfeld, Irving C. Faber, Sarah D. McTurnan, Chicago, IL, Attorneys for Appellants Continental Insurance Company, et al.

G. Ronald Heath, Sean T. White, Indianapolis, IN, Jan M. Michaels, Scott M. Salerno, Stephen A. Skardon, Chicago, IL, Attorneys for Appellant Employers Mutual Casualty Company.

Stephen J. Peters, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Appellant Federal Insurance Company.

Donald B. Kite, Sr., Indianapolis, IN, James P. Ruggeri, Jeffrey D. Pariser, Catherine E. Stetson, Washington, D.C., Attorneys for Appellants Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, et al.

Adrian A. Allen, C. Joseph Russell, Indianapolis, IN, Samuel B. Isaacson, Sonya D. Naar, James D. Roberts, Chicago, IL, Attorneys for Appellant National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

David A. Temple, Mathew J. Schafer, Indianapolis, IN, Louis G. Corsi, Joseph Tomaino, New York, NY, Attorneys for Appellant TIG Insurance Company.

Scott A. Harkness, Bruce L. Kamplain, Indianapolis, IN, Lizbeth J. Lemke, Chicago, IL, Attorneys for Appellants Westchester Fire Insurance Company, et al.

David I. Rubin, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Appellant Zurich International (Bermuda), Ltd.

Laura A. Foggan, Katherine L. Van Pelt, Benjamin J. Theisman, Washington, D.C., Michael B. Cracraft, Philip B. McKiernan, Joseph M. Hendel, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association.

Stanley C. Fickle, Robert D. MacGill, Charles P. Edwards, T. Joseph Wendt, Indianapolis, IN, Robert D. Chesler, Roseland, NJ, Attorneys for Appellees United States Filter Corporation n/k/a Water Applications & Systems Corporation, et al.

Fred R. Biesecker, Brent W. Huber, Brian E. Bailey, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellees Wheelabrator Technologies, Inc., et al.

George M. Plews, Christopher J. Braun, Jeffrey D. Featherstun, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Amici Curiae National Solid Wastes Management Association and Indiana Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Stores Association.

Kevin M. Toner, Indianapolis, IN, Charles M. Denton, II, Eric C. Fleetham, Grand Rapids, MI, Eric M. Cavanaugh, Plainfield, IN, William G. Passannante, Cort T. Malone, Brittany Hillman, New York, NY, Amy Bach, Mill Valley, CA, Attorneys for Amici Curiae United Policyholders, Indiana Manufacturers Association, and Duke Energy Indiana, Inc.


On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 49A02-0604-CV-289.

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Five corporations seek insurance coverage from insurers who issued liability policies for their predecessors. The underlying litigation involves bodily injury claims relating to the operation of an industrial blast machine. The corporations say that coverage rights passed to them through the same corporate transactions that brought them the blast machine...

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