Legal Opinion
Employers Mutual Casualty Co. v. PIC Contractors, Inc.
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided October 28, 1998No. 96-639-TPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
TORRES, District Judge.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2201, Employers Mutual Casualty Company (“Employers”) seeks a declaratory judgment that it has no duty to defend or indemnify PIC Contractors, Inc., (“PIC”) or its affiliated company, Packings and Insulation Co. (“Packings”) (collectively “the companies”) in state tort court suits against the companies (the “underlying suits”) for personal injuries allegedly resulting from exposure to asbestos.
The companies have moved to dismiss; or, alternatively, to stay this action pending resolution of the underlying suits. Because I find…
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- Brillhart v. Excess Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- EMPLOYERS'FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v. BealsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1968
- Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
- Metropolitan Property and Liability Insurance Co. v. Bonnie McCosker KirkwoodCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
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