United States Gypsum Co. v. Admiral Insurance

Plaintiff United States Gypsum Company (Gypsum), as insured, filed a declaratory judgment action against defendants seeking insurance coverage under certain policies issued between the 1930s and 1984 for actions filed against it involving liability relating to Gypsum’s manufacture of asbestos-containing building materials (ACBMs). In the underlying actions alleging property damage that are the subject of this appeal, the property owners alleged that ACBMs manufactured by Gypsum caused damage to their buildings and other properties.

The circuit court entered partial summary judgment in favor of…