Butler Manufacturing Co. v. Americold Corp.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LUNGSTRUM, District Judge.

I. Introduction

This consolidated action arises out of a fire that occurred at an underground warehouse facility owned and operated by defendants Americold Corporation and Americold Services Corporation (“defendants”). The plaintiffs in the various consolidated cases consist of corporations who had stored foodstuffs, records and other goods which were damaged in the fire and various insurers of those goods. The various goods stored in the warehouse facility fall into several general categories, including those covered by what are denominated as…