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Ins. of N.A. v. Forty-Eight Insulations

U.S.
Dec 7, 1981
454 U.S. 1109 (1981)
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adopting Forty-Eight Insulations

Summary of this case from Ray Industries, Inc. v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.
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Opinion

Nos. 81-198, 81-199.

December 7, 1981.

C.A. 6th Cir. Motions of Walbrook Insurance Co., Ltd., et al.; Alliance of American Insurers; Hartford Accident Indemnity Co.; Keene Corp.; Armstrong World Industries, Inc., et al.; and American Home Assurance Co. et al. for leave to file briefs as amici curiae granted. Motion of petitioner in No. 81-198 to defer consideration of the petitions for writs of certiorari denied. Certiorari denied. JUSTICE BRENNAN and JUSTICE O'CONNOR took no part in the consideration or decision of these motions and these petitions. Reported below: 633 F. 2d 1212 and 657 F. 2d 814.

Summaries of

Ins. of N.A. v. Forty-Eight Insulations

U.S.
Dec 7, 1981
454 U.S. 1109 (1981)

adopting Forty-Eight Insulations

Summary of this case from Ray Industries, Inc. v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

applying Louisiana law

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agreeing with the reasoning and result in Forty-Eight Insulations

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noting that by the 1960's, manufacturers began cutting back on the production of asbestos-containing products, and by 1970, Forty-Eight Insulations had stopped using asbestos in its products

Summary of this case from Cole v. Celotex Corp.

reasoning underlying proration of indemnification costs for periods in which insured was self-insured equally applicable to proration of defense costs

Summary of this case from Security Ins., Hartford v. Lumbermens MC
Case details for

Ins. of N.A. v. Forty-Eight Insulations

Case Details

Full title:INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA v. FORTY-EIGHT INSULATIONS, INC., ET…

Court:U.S.

Date published: Dec 7, 1981

Citations

454 U.S. 1109 (1981)
102 S. Ct. 686

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