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JOHNSON CONTROLS v. AMERICAN MOTORISTS INS.

No. 89-C-405.

719 F.Supp. 1459 (1989)

JOHNSON CONTROLS, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN MOTORISTS INSURANCE COMPANY, an insurance corporation, Stonewall Surplus Lines Insurance Company, an insurance corporation, Republic Insurance Company, and Constitution State Insurance Company, an insurance corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

August 22, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank W. Doster, Hodan & Doster, Milwaukee, Wis., and Louis A. Lehr, Jr., Arnstein & Lehr, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Jeffrey A. Schmeckpeper, Kasdorf, Lewis & Swietlik, Frank L. Steeves and Deborah F. Hamilton, Riordan, Crivello, Carlson & Mentkowski, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendants.

DECISION AND ORDER

WARREN, District Judge.

This diversity case is before the Court on the defendants' motion to stay the Wisconsin federal declaratory judgment action.

I. BACKGROUND

In June of 1986, a San Diego California resident named Gary Jones lost an eye and suffered other injuries when a Sears "Die-Hard" battery exploded. In January of 1989, a San Diego County jury returned a verdict in favor of Mr. Jones for $3.275 million in compensatory...

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