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UNR INDUSTRIES, INC. v. CONTINENTAL CAS. CO.

No. 90-2188.

942 F.2d 1101 (1991)

UNR INDUSTRIES, INC., Unarco Industries, Inc., UNR, Inc., UNR-Rohn, Inc. (Alabama), UNR-Rohn, Inc. (Indiana), Jobal Tube Co., Inc., UNR Products, Inc., Leavitt Structural Tubing Co., and Folding Carrier Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, National Surety Corporation, and Fireman's Fund Insurance Co., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 29, 1991.

Rehearing Denied October 3, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm M. Gaynor, Schwartz, Cooper, Kolb & Gaynor, Chicago, Ill., Paul A. Zevnik, Michael Y. Horton, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, Washington, D.C., Geoffrey L. Thomas, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Santa Monica, Cal., Ronald M. Oster (argued), Catherine A.L. Farman, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Nancy G. Lischer, Robert E. Nord (argued), Vito Masciopinto, D. Kendall Griffith, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Terrence E. Kiwala, Rooks, Pitts & Poust, Thomas L. Aries, Aries, Hoyt & Taden, Gary M. Elden, Donald A. Vogelsang (argued), Margaret B. Jones, Grippo & Elden, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Kevin M. Forde, Mary Anne Mason, Chicago, Ill., for Legal Representative for Unknown Putative Asbestos-Related Claimants, amicus curiae.

J. William Cuncannan, Sarah M. Stegemoeller, Defrees & Fiske, Chicago, Ill., for Official Creditors Committee of Asbestos-Related Claimants, amicus curiae.

Before WOOD, Jr. and MANION, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

UNR Industries, Inc. and related corporations (together, "UNR") manufactured asbestos until 1970. In other proceedings, more than 100,000 people claim that they now suffer disease because of their exposure to this asbestos. UNR's insurance carriers are responsible for at least a portion of these claims, and UNR brought the present suit to enforce what it alleges are the insurers' respective obligations. The District Court, Judge Hart...

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