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STEYER v. WESTVACO CORP.

Civ. A. Nos. 72-452-M, 72-453-M, 72-560-M and 73-731-M.

450 F.Supp. 384 (1978)

Virgil T. STEYER, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, v. WESTVACO CORPORATION, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, and The Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, and The Home Insurance Company, and Employers-Commercial Union Insurance Company of America, Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

March 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Emory and Paul F. Strain and Venable, Baetjer & Howard, Baltimore, Md., for Westvaco Corp.

Donald L. Merriman and Merriman, Crowther & Mann, Baltimore, Md., for Insurance Co. of North America.

Frank J. Vecella and Anderson, Coe & King, Baltimore, Md., for The Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company.

Alva P. Weaver, III, Baltimore, Md., and John P. Arness and Edward F. Glynn, Jr., and Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D.C., for The Home Insurance Company.

Donald C. Allen and Robert L. Ferguson, Jr., Baltimore, Md., for Employers-Commercial Union Ins. Co. of America.

MEMORANDUM

JAMES R. MILLER, Jr., District Judge.

The question presented in these third-party actions is whether Westvaco Corporation, a defendant in the original suits claiming damages for air pollution, or its insurance companies, third-party defendants, will bear (1) Westvaco's defense costs, allegedly $373,232.55, in defending against the original suits, and (2) Westvaco's costs and expenses in litigating...

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