Gaston County Dyeing Machine Co. v. Northfield Insurance

TIMMONS-GOODSON, Judge.

This appeal concerns the extent and priority of insurance coverage for products liability claims under primary, umbrella and excess *440general liability insurance policies issued to Gaston County Dyeing Machine Company (hereinafter “Gaston”) and Rosenmund, Inc. (hereinafter “Rosenmund”). On 17 December 1992, Sterling Winthrop, Inc., Sterling Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Allendale Mutual Insurance Co. filed an action (hereinafter “the Sterling action” or “the Sterling claims”) in Puerto Rico alleging that a diagnostic dye produced by the pharmaceutical company was contaminated…