Legal Opinion
Stone Container Corporation v. Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 4, 1999No. 97-1860, 97-1989PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff in this insurance suit, Stone Container Corporation, is a large manufacturer of pulp, paper, and paper products. It makes the pulp in huge steel tanks called “pulp digesters.” Wood chips are placed in the tank along with chemicals. The tank is then sealed and its contents subjected to heat and pressure from steam piped into the tank, causing the chips to decompose into pulp fiber. One of the tanks in one of Stone’s plants exploded when a thin area of its steel shell ruptured during the high-pressure operation of the tank. The explosion blew a 28-ton chunk…
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