Nitrin, Inc. v. American Motorists Insurance

This cause arose as a declaratory judgment action brought by plaintiffs, Nitrin, Inc., and International Minerals & Chemical Corporation, (to which we will refer as “Nitrin”) and Protection Mutual Insurance Company as against defendant, American Motorists Insurance Company, seeking a judgment declaring and determining that the explosion which occurred at the Nitrin plant near Cordova, Illinois, on November 24, 1963, was a loss covered by the policy issued by American Motorists. American Motorists denied coverage on the ground that the rupture was caused directly or indirectly by fire, a risk…