Ososki v. St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR REHEARING

LAWSON, District Judge.

In an opinion filed on August 6, 2001, this Court held that the failure of a bearing in a traveling block which was part of a block-and-tackle assembly did not constitute a “collapse” of the structure to which it was attached, and therefore was not an event within the scope of coverage of an insurance policy which provided payment for damage incurred during oil drilling operations “caused by ... [the] collapse of a derrick or mast....” The plaintiff has now filed a motion in which he asks the Court to rehear the…