BABCOCK & WILCOX CO. v. ARKWRIGHT-BOSTON MFG. MUT. INS. CO.

Nos. 93-4149, 93-4150.

53 F.3d 762 (1995)

The BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. ARKWRIGHT-BOSTON MANUFACTURING MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.; St. Paul Mercury Insurance Co.; American Home Assurance Co.; American International Marine Agency; Allianz Insurance Co.; Insurance Co. of North America; Caryl Vaughn Gibbs, individually and on behalf of certain underwriters of Lloyds of London; Indemnity Marine Assurance Co., Ltd.; English and American Insurance Co., Ltd.; Insurance Co. of North America (UK), Ltd.; C.A. Parr, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, Creole Insurance Co., Ltd., Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, McDermott, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 17, 1995.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied August 4, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duke W. Thomas, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Columbus, OH, David S. Cupps (briefed), Stephen J. Petras, Jr., Matthew J. Hatchadorian, K. Ellen Toth, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Cleveland, OH, James E. Scheuermann (briefed), John M. Sylvester, Peter J. Kalis (argued), Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Pittsburgh, PA, for Babcock & Wilcox Co. in No. 93-4149.

A. Thomas Kajander (briefed), Sharpe & Kajander, Houston, TX, Robert D. Archibald, McNeal, Schick, Archibald & Biro, Cleveland, OH, for Arkwright-Boston Mfg. Mut. Ins. Co., American Intern. Marine Agency, Allianz Ins. Co. and American Home Assur. Co.

William H. Baughman, Jr., Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley, Cleveland, OH, Thomas H. Crouch, Robert E. Salmon (argued and briefed), Stacy A. Broman, Meagher, Geer, Markham, Anderson, Adamson & Flaskamp, Minneapolis, MN, for St. Paul Mercury Ins. Co.

Thomas E. Betz, Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Cleveland, OH, Richard M. Shusterman, E. Douglas Sederholm (briefed), Barbara S. Zellner, White & Williams, Philadephia, PA, William J. Cleary, Mendes & Mount, New York, NY, for Insurance Co. of North America.

Nicholas J. Milanich, Jr., Reminger & Reminger, Cleveland, OH, Thomas J. Quinn, William J. Cleary, Mendes & Mount, New York, NY, for Caryl Gibbs.

Paul A. Rose (briefed), Brouse & McDowell, Akron, OH, C. Gordon Starling, Jr., Gerard T. Gelpi (briefed), Gelpi, Sullivan, Carroll & LaBorde, New Orleans, LA, for Creole Ins. Co., Ltd.

William J. Kraus, Kraus & Kraus, Cleveland, OH, Rockne L. Moseley (briefed), Janet M. Ahern, New Orleans, LA, for McDermott, Inc.

Duke W. Thomas, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Columbus, OH, Matthew J. Hatchadorian, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Cleveland, OH, James E. Scheuermann (briefed), John M. Sylvester, Peter J. Kalis (argued), Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Pittsburgh, PA, for Babcock & Wilcox Co. in No. 93-4150.

Before: KENNEDY and NORRIS, Circuit Judges; TAYLOR, District Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied August 4, 1995.

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

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