BUTLER MFG. CO. v. AMERICOLD CORP.

Nos. 92-2118-JWL, 92-2354, 92-2355, 92-2361, 92-2375, 92-2397, 92-2427, 92-2429, 92-2458 and 93-2024.

835 F.Supp. 1274 (1993)

BUTLER MANUFACTURING CO., et al., Plaintiffs, v. AMERICOLD CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

September 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Christopher Long, Payne & Jones, Chtd., Overland Park, KS, for Hartford Cas. Ins. Co. and QHC, Inc.

Paul H. Niewald, Niewald, Waldeck & Brown, Mary M. Kenney, William H. Sanders, Floyd R. Finch, Jr., Katherine S. Bunn, Brian J. McGrath, Blackwell, Sanders, Matheny, Weary & Lombardi, Douglas R. Richmond, Robert G. Rooney, Lynn W. Hursh, Armstrong, Teasdale, Schafly & Davis, James S. Kreamer, Baker, Sterchi & Cowden, Kansas City, MO, James M. Yeretsky, Patrick J. Doran, Niewald, Waldeck & Brown, Overland Park, KS, for Americold Services Corp. and Americold Corp.

Richard N. Bien, James A. Durbin, Swanson, Midgley, Gangwere, Clarke & Kitchin, William J. Gotfredson, Edward J. Barbosa, Knipmeyer, McCann, Smith, Manz & Gotfredson, Kansas City, MO, Craig T. Kenworthy, Swanson, Midgley, Gangwere, Clarke & Kitchen, Overland Park, KS, for Safeway Inc.

Robert A. Babcock, Phillip C. Rouse, Baker, Sterchi & Cowden, Kansas City, MO, James S. Kreamer, Baker Sterchi & Cowden, Overland Park, KS, Julius Denenberg, Charles R. Tuffley, Todd B. Denenberg, Dennis L. Hearon, Denenberg, Tuffley & Jamieson, Southfield, MI, for Sav. and Loan Data Corp., Inc., Federal Ins. Co., Great Northern Ins. Co., Atlantic Mut. Ins. Co., Starting Right Co., Allianz Ins. Co., St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co., J.C. Benage, Dennis A. Brown, Lawrence H. Kruse, James W. McKinney, Erwin Oetting, Jr., John F. Peterson and Robert A. Yeckel.

Thomas R. Buchanan, and Mark D. Hinderks, Roger D. Stanton, Stinson, Mag & Fizzell, Overland Park, KS, David S. Evinger, Andrew W. Horstman, Martin R. Lueck, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Minneapolis, MN, for Butler Mfg. Co., Inc.

Michael G. Norris, Payne & Jones, Chtd., Mark D. Hinderks, Roger D. Stanton, Stinson, Mag & Fizzell, Overland Park, KS, David S. Evinger, Andrew W. Horstman, Martin R. Lueck, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Minneapolis, MN, for Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.

Mark D. Hinderks, Roger D. Stanton, Stinson, Mag & Fizzell, Overland Park, KS, David S. Evinger, Andrew W. Horstman, Martin R. Lueck, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Minneapolis, MN, for Allendale Mut. Ins. Co.

Michael F. Saunders, J. Bradley Leitch, Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne, Kansas City, MO, for Jianas Bros. Packaging Co.

Richard C. Wallace, Evans & Mullinix, P.A., Lenexa, KS, for Magnolia Beef Intern.

Edward J. Barbosa, Kipmeyer, McCann, Smith, Manz & Gotfredson, Edward L. Smith, Kansas City, MO, for Fleming Companies Inc., Pierce Trading Corp., Twin City Foods Inc., Midland Foods Distribution, Inc., Kemper Lloyd's Ins. Co., Institute of London Underwriters and Lloyd's of London.

Margaret A. Gallagher, Andrew K. Haynes, Sinclair, Sawyer, Thompson & Haynes, P.C., Kansas City, MO, Catherine M. Graham, Cripe & Graham, Gary E. Cripe, Upland, CA, for Earth Elements, Inc.

Daniel Q. Harrington, Cozen and O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, Margaret A. Gallagher, Sinclair, Sawyer, Thompson & Haynes, P.C., Kansas City, MO, for Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.

F. Carlton King, Jr., Chad A. Shultz, Ford & Harrison, Atlanta, GA, Michael R. Lawless, Mission, KS, for Meyners-Robinson Co., Inc.

Michael Hufft, Steven J. Quinn, Merrick, Baker, Fox, Hufft & Strauss, Ronald L. Holt, Todd P. Graves, Bryan Cave, Kansas City, MO, Thomas J. Bath, Jr., Bryan Cave, Overland Park, KS, for Food Barn Stores, Inc.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LUNGSTRUM, District Judge.

I. Introduction

This consolidated action arises out of a fire that occurred at an underground warehouse facility owned and operated by defendants Americold Corporation and Americold Services Corporation. The plaintiffs in the various consolidated cases consist of corporations who had stored foodstuffs, records and other goods which were...

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