Legal Opinion
Dow Chemical Co. v. Associated Indemnity Corp.
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided December 15, 1989No. 1:85-cv-10037PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CHURCHILL, Chief Judge.
I. Introduction
This opinion supplements the Court’s Memorandum Opinion filed September 7, 1989, see Dow Chemical Co. v. Associated Indemnity Corp. et al., 724 F.Supp. 474 (E.D.Mich.1989) [hereinafter Dow 7], which contains an overview of issues raised in this case but specifically addresses only the “trigger of coverage” issue. The focus herein is on the “number of occurrences” issue.
Sarabond-related claims expose Dow Chemical Company (“Dow”) to hundreds of millions of dollars of potential liability, but most of the individual claims involve less than…
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