Legal Opinion

Commonwealth Insurance v. Stone Container Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided December 9, 2003No. 03-1887PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

This insurance dispute leads us into familiar territory — the question of who is responsible for over $80 million in losses the Stone Container Corporation incurred when one of its pulp and paper plants exploded. This is the thii-d time claims stemming from that event have reached our court. See Stone Container Corp. v. Hartford Steam Boiler, 165 F.3d 1157 (7th Cir.1999); Commonwealth Ins. Co. v. Stone Container Corp., 323 F.3d 507 (7th Cir.2003) (Stone 1 and Stone 2). In this case, Stone argues that the “all-risk” insurance policy it purchased from Industrial…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Oliveira v. Amoco Oil Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 2002
  2. Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp. v. Protection Mutual InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1995
  3. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania v. Glenview Park DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Transamerica Insurance Company v. Ronald M. South, Roy W. Brunsmann, Walter E. Jones, Kathleen Jones, and Iris L. HannonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
  5. Fry v. MassanariDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 2001

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Commonwealth Insurance Company, Hartford Fire Insurance Company, Navigators Insurance Company, Employers Insurance of Wausau, and New York Marine & General Insurance Company v. Stone Container Corporation, Defendant-Counterclaim v. Industrial Risk Insurers, CounterclaimCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003

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