St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. McCormick & Baxter Creosoting Co.

Plaintiffs and cross-defendants St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Inc., and St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company, Inc. (St. Paul), brought this declaratory judgment action against their insured McCormick & Baxter (M & B). St. Paul sought a declaration that there is no coverage under St Paul’s liability insurance contracts for costs incurred by M & B in investigating and correcting environmental contamination resulting from its operations in Oregon and California. St. Paul included as defendants the insurance companies that had issued liability insurance contracts to M & B, seeking a…