Legal Opinion
Continental Insurance v. Thorpe Insulation Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 30, 2012No. 19-1088PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOULD, Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves Continental Insurance Company’s (“Continental”) pursuit of a breach of contract claim against Thorpe Insulation Company (“Thorpe”) in Thorpe’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding. The district court affirmed the bankruptcy court’s orders denying Continental’s motion to compel arbitration and disallowing its claim. We now affirm.
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Thorpe distributed and installed asbestos-containing products from 1948 to 1972. About 12,000 claims for asbestos-related injuries or deaths have been brought against Thorpe. Thorpe’s insurers, including Continental, have…
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