Stryker Corporation v. National Union Fire Insurance

OPINION

COLE, Circuit Judge.

As part of a large, consolidated coverage action, medical device manufacturer Stryker Corporation (“Stryker”) filed suit against TIG Insurance Company (“TIG”), which had issued an excess insurance policy to Stryker. Stryker asserts that TIG is potentially liable for sums stemming from two separate actions relating to expired artificial knee joints manufactured by Stryker. TIG argues that prior rulings render Stryker’s claims moot as to the TIG policy, and that TIG was not bound by the district court’s rulings in the companion case. The district court held that the…