Legal Opinion
Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 14, 1981No. Civ. A. 78-2739-ZPublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
ZOBEL, District Judge.
This is a declaratory judgment action in which Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. (“EaglePicher”) requests a declaration of the rights, liabilities and obligations of the parties to certain insurance contracts. The defendants are insurance companies which had provided Eagle-Picher with primary comprehensive general liability insurance and with first and second layer excess insurance during the years 1968-1979. The questions of interpretation arise because Eagle-Picher has been named as a defendant in approximately 5,500 lawsuits in which the plaintiffs…
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