Legal Opinion
E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc. v. Lloyd's & Companies
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 20, 2001No. Docket Nos. 97-9468(L); 97-9470(CON); 97-9472(CON); 97-9474(CON); 97-9476(CON); 97-9484(XAP); 99-7812(L); 99-7842(CON); 99-7846(CON); 99-7856(CON); 99-7878(CON); 99-7845(XAP)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Judge JACOBS dissents from parts II.C & II.D in a separate opinion, but otherwise joins in the opinion of the Court.
INTRODUCTION
2Per curiam
For the past eighteen years, this case, a declaratory judgment action brought by the maker of the drug diethylstilbestrol (“DES”) to resolve complex insurance coverage issues, has been slowly making its way through the federal courts. While it is, unfortunately, not unusual for a complicated case such as this one to take years to resolve, eighteen years is a particularly long time and the parties are understandably anxious to reach a conclusion. Thus they were, we…
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