Legal Opinion
The Babcock & Wilcox Company v. Parsons Corporation v. Insurance Company of North America
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 11, 1970No. 19949PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATTHES, Chief Judge.
This appeal comes to us from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska holding Insurance Company of North America (INA) liable to Parsons Corporation (Parsons) and The Babcock and Wilcox Corporation (Babcock) on two insurance policies issued by INA to Parsons. Jurisdiction in the district court was premised on the diverse citizenship of the parties. Because of the complex and rather unique issues raised on appeal, we detail the factual setting of the-litigation.
Parsons and Babcock were corporations involved in the construction of a power…
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