Legal Opinion
Lac D'Amiante du Quebec v. American Home Assurance Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 28, 1988No. Nos. 87-5249, 87-5380 and 87-5401PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises from a civil action in the district court for the District of New Jersey by a seller of asbestos against its insurers seeking indemnity for sums it has paid out in connection with asbestos related claims against it. The district court resolved a number of complex contractual issues, including the highly controversial and unsettled question whether exposure, manifestation or some combination thereof is the triggering event for insurance coverage. It thereupon made a liability determination and fixed the amount of damages with respect…
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