Insurance Co. of North America v. Cape Industries, Ltd.

PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

On June 5, 1981, plaintiffs, Insurance Company of North America (INA) and INA of Illinois, brought suit in the circuit court of McLean County against defendants, Cape Industries, Ltd. (Cape), North American Asbestos Corporation (NAAC), St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company (St. Paul), and Dorothy Sumey et al., seeking a declaration that policies of liability insurance issued by plaintiffs wherein NAAC was the named insured, provided no coverage or protection for defendant (Cape). St. Paul was alleged to have issued a policy giving…