BUTLER MFG. CO., INC. v. AMERICOLD CORP.

No. 92-2118-JWL.

850 F.Supp. 952 (1994)

BUTLER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. AMERICOLD CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

January 19, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Buchanan, 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.

Michael G. Norris, Payne & Jones, Chtd., Overland Park, KS, 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.

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

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

Paul H. Niewald, Niewald, Waldeck & Brown, Lynn W. Hursh, Douglas R. Richmond, Robert G. Rooney, Armstrong, Teasdale, Schlafly & Davis, Mary M. Kenney, William H. Sanders, Floyd R. Finch, Jr., Katharine S. Bunn, Brian J. McGrath, Blackwell, Sanders, Matheny, Weary & Lombardi, Kansas City, MO, for Americold Services Corp.

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

Robert A. Babcock, Phillip C. Rouse, James S. Kreamer, Baker, Sterchi & Cowden, Kansas City, MO, Julius Denenberg, Charles R. Tuffley, Todd B. Denenberg, Dennis L. Hearon, Denenberg, Tuffley & Jamieson, Southfield, MI, for Starting Right Co., Atlantic Mut. Ins. 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, Robert A. Yeckel, Sav. and Loan Data Corp., Inc., Federal Ins. Co., Great Northern Ins. Co., Glenn Falls Ins. Co. and Metmor Financial Inc.

Paul H. Niewald, Niewald, Waldeck & Brown, Lynn W. Hursh, Douglas R. Richmond, Robert G. Rooney, Armstrong, Teasdale, Schlafly & Davis, Mary M. Kenney, Floyd R. Finch, Jr., Katherine S. Bunn, Brian J. McGrath, Blackwell, Sanders, Matheny, Weary & Lombardi, Kansas City, MO, for Americold, Inc.

Edward J. Barbosa, Knipmeyer, 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, Lloyd's of London, Marcus Phillips and Hanover Kansas City, Inc.

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

Margaret A. Gallagher, Andrew K. Haynes, Sinclair, Sawyer, Thompson & Haynes, P.C., Kansas City, MO, Gary E. Cripe, Catherine M. Graham, Cripe & Graham, 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.

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 & Kitchin, Overland Park, KS, for Safeway 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.

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

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

Richard N. Bien, James A. Durbin, James H. McLarney, Swanson, Midgley, Gangwere, Clarke & Kitchin, Kansas City, MO, Craig T. Kenworthy, Swanson, Midgley, Gangwere, Clarke & Kitchin, Overland Park, KS, for Commerce Bank of Kansas City, N.A.


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 ("Americold"). The plaintiffs in the various cases consist of corporations who had stored foodstuffs, records and other goods which were damaged in the fire and various insurers of those...

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