A.P.I., INC. v. HOME INS. CO.

Civil No. 09-975 (JRT/JJG).

706 F.Supp.2d 926 (2010)

A.P.I., INC., Asbestos Settlement Trust and A.P.I., Inc., Plaintiffs, v. HOME INSURANCE COMPANY; Zurich American Insurance Company; Zurich-American Insurance Company of Illinois; Steadfast Insurance Company; Zurich Insurance Company (Switzerland); American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Company; American Zurich Insurance Company; and Orange Stone Reinsurance (Ireland), Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

March 31, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Faricy, Jr. and Vadim Trifel, Faricy Law Firm, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiffs.

Peter G. Van Bergen, Cousineau McGuire Chartered, Minneapolis, MN for Defendant, Home Insurance Company.

Peter G. Van Bergen and Andrea E. Reisbord, Cousineau McGuire Chartered, Minneapolis, MN, Richard Mancino, Russell D. Morris, Christopher J. St. Jeanos, and Jodi B. Leibowitz, Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY, and Joseph G. Davis, Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants, Zurich American Insurance Company, Zurich-American Insurance Company of Illinois, and Steadfast Insurance Company.

Peter G. Van Bergen and Andrea E. Reisbord, Cousineau McGuire Chartered, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendants, Zurich Insurance Company (Switzerland), American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Company, American Zurich Insurance Company, and Orange Stone Reinsurance (Ireland).


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOHN R. TUNHEIM, District Judge.

This case is before the Court on defendants' motion for judgment on the pleadings. For the reasons set forth below, the Court grants in part and denies in part that motion.

BACKGROUND

From the 1940s to the 1970s, plaintiff A.P.I., Inc. ("API") sold, distributed, and installed materials that contained asbestos. (Am. Compl. ¶ 2, Ex. 1, Docket No. 1.) In 1982, workers and other...

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