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UNIROYAL, INC. v. HOME INS. CO.

No. CV-84-3999 (JBW).

707 F.Supp. 1368 (1988)

UNIROYAL, INC., Plaintiff, v. The HOME INSURANCE CO., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

December 19, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Ferraro, Myron Kalish, Bruce A. Hecker, Shea & Gould, New York City, for plaintiff Uniroyal, Inc.

Sheila L. Birnbaum, Irene A. Sullivan, Timothy G. Reynolds, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, for defendant The Home Ins. Co.

Michael Nussbaum, Nussbaum, Owen & Webster, Washington, D.C., for London Insurer defendants.

William E. Hegarty, Michael Tierney, Leonard A. Spivak, Gary A. Paranzino, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York City, on the brief of amicus curiae Diamond Shamrock Chemicals Co.

REVISED MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEINSTEIN, District Judge:

I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This lawsuit is part of the "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation. In the underlying mass toxic tort action, a class of approximately 2.5 million Vietnam veterans and their family members sued the United States and the manufacturers of phenoxy herbicides used in the Vietnam war. The plaintiffs alleged that exposure to the herbicides and the contaminant dioxin resulted...

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