Legal Opinion
Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Home Insurance
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 27, 1995No. 89 Civ. 7043 (BN)PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION, FINDINGS OF FACT, AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
NEWMAN, Senior Judge: 1
This case is a postscript to the Daikon Shield mass tort litigation, which involved approximately 400,000 claims and complex litigation in several courts.
Aetna Casualty and Surety Company (“Aetna”) was the products liability insurance carrier for A.H. Robins Company, Inc. (“Robins”), manufacturer of the Daikon Shield intrauterine birth control device (“Dai-kon Shield” or “IUD”). Aetna issued primary and excess layer policies, which it then reinsured through the placement of faculta-tive reinsurance with numerous other…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Menard-Sanford v. A.H. Robins Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- American Home Products Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Unigard Security Insurance Company, Inc., Successor to Unigard Mutual Insurance Company, Inc. v. North River Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
- American Home Products Corp. v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1983
- Christiania General Insurance Corporation of New York v. Great American Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
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