PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS IN RE: COMBUSTION ENGI

136 Pages·2004·0.42 MB·English

by  Nicole Bruno

PRECEDENTIAL
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
Nos. 03-3392, 03-3415, 03-3425, 03-3436,
03-3445, 03-3446, 03-3450, 03-3451, 03-3452,
03-3468, 03-3492, 03-3558
IN RE: COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC.
First State Insurance Company;
Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company,
Appellants at No.03-3392
(D.C. Civil Action No. 03-cv-00751)
Certain Cancer Claimants, being those individuals
identified on a Rule 2019 Disclosure filed in the
Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
and creditors of Combustion Engineering, Inc.,
Appellants at No. 03-3415
(D.C. Civil Action No. 03-cv-00753)
Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London;
Certain London Market Companies,
Appellants at No. 03-3425
(D.C. Civil Action No. 03-cv-00745)
Allstate Insurance Company, as successor-in-interest to
Northbrook Excess & Surplus Insurance Company,
formerly Northbrook Insurance Company,
Appellant at No. 03-3436
(D.C. Civil Action No. 03-cv-00752)
Allianz Insurance Company,
Appellant at No. 03-3445
(Bankruptcy Court No. 03-10495)
Everest Reinsurance Co., f/k/a Prudential Reinsurance Co.,
Appellant at No. 03-3446
(Bankruptcy Court No. 03-10495)
Century Indemnity Company (as successor to CCI
Insurance Company, successor to Insurance Company
of North America); Pacific Employers Insurance Company;
Central National Insurance Company of Omaha (solely with
respect to policies issued through its managing general agent,
Cravens, Dargan & Company, Pacific Coast),
Appellants at No. 03-3450
(D.C. Civil Action No. 03-cv-00744)
OneBeacon America Insurance Company,
f/k/a Commercial Union Insurance Company,
Appellant at No. 03-3451
(D.C. Civil Action No. 03-cv-00743)
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North River Insurance Company;
TIG Insurance Company, solely as successor by merger
to International Insurance Company,
Appellants at No. 03-3452
(D.C. Civil Action No. 03-cv-00742)
Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London;
Certain London Market Companies,
Appellants at No. 03-3468
(Bankruptcy Court No. 03-10495)
Everest Reinsurance Co., f/k/a Prudential Reinsurance Co.,
Appellant at No. 03-3492
(D.C. Civil Action No. 03-cv-00748)
Continental Casualty Company;
Transportation Insurance Company,
Appellants at No. 03-3558
(D.C. Civil Action No. 03-cv-00754)
On Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Delaware
(Honorable Alfred M. Wolin*)
*Sitting by designation.
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Argued June 3, 2004
Before: SCIRICA, Chief Judge,
AMBRO and FUENTES, Circuit Judges
(Filed: December 2, 2004)
SETH P. WAXMAN, ESQUIRE (ARGUED)
CRAIG GOLDBLATT, ESQUIRE
Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr
2445 M Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
MICHELLE K. McMAHON, ESQUIRE
Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP
The Nemours Building
1007 North Orange Street
P.O. Box 2207
Wilmington, Delaware 19899
Attorneys for Appellants,
First State Insurance Company;
Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company
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GREGORY M. HARVEY, ESQUIRE (ARGUED)
Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP
123 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19109
ELIZABETH WALL MAGNER, ESQUIRE
Energy Centre, Suite 1806
1100 Poydras Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70163
Attorneys for Appellants,
Certain Cancer Claimants
JOSEPH L. RUBY, ESQUIRE (ARGUED)
Baach Robinson & Lewis PLLC
1201 F Street, N.W., Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20004
Attorney for Appellants,
Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London;
Certain London Market Companies
JAMES S. YODER, ESQUIRE
834 North Market Street, Suite 902
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Attorney for Appellants,
Allstate Insurance Company;
Allianz Insurance Company
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ELIT R. FELIX, II, ESQUIRE
Margolis Edelstein
The Curtis Center, 4th Floor
601Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
Attorney for Appellant,
Allianz Insurance Company
JOSEPH L. SCHWARTZ, ESQUIRE
Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti LLP
Headquarters Plaza
One Speedwell Avenue
Morristown, New Jersey 07962
NEIL B. GLASSMAN, ESQUIRE
The Bayard Firm
222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 900
P.O. Box 25130
Wilmington, Delaware 19899
Attorneys for Appellant,
Everest Reinsurance Co.,
f/k/a Prudential Reinsurance Co.
MARK D. PLEVIN, ESQUIRE (ARGUED)
Crowell & Moring LLP
1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
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BRIAN L. KASPRZAK, ESQUIRE
Marks, O'Neill, O'Brien & Courtney, P.C.
913 North Market Street, Suite 800
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Attorneys for Appellants,
Century Indemnity Company;
Pacific Employers Insurance Company;
Central National Insurance Company of Omaha;
OneBeacon America Insurance Company
f/k/a Commercial Union Insurance Company;
The North River Insurance Company;
TIG Insurance Company
KEVIN GROSS, ESQUIRE
Rosenthal, Monhait, Gross & Goddess, P.A.
919 Market Street, Suite 1401
P.O. Box 1070
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
MERRIL J. HIRSH, ESQUIRE
THOMAS T. LOCKE, ESQUIRE
ERIK M. PRITCHARD, ESQUIRE
Ross, Dixon & Bell, L.L.P.
2001 K Street, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20006
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MOHSIN N. KHAMBATI, ESQUIRE
STEPHANIE A. PETERSMARCK, ESQUIRE
McDermott Will & Emery
227 West Monroe Street, Suite 5200
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Attorneys for Appellants,
Continental Casualty Company;
Transportation Insurance Company
LAURA A. FOGGAN, ESQUIRE
Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP
1776 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Attorney for Amicus Curiae-Appellant,
Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association
LAURA D. JONES, ESQUIRE
Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl, Young, Jones & Weintraub, P.C.
919 North Market Street, 16th Floor
P.O. Box 8705
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Attorney for Appellee,
Combustion Engineering, Inc.
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DAVID M. BERNICK, ESQUIRE (ARGUED)
JOHN DONLEY, ESQUIRE
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
200 East Randolph Drive, Suite 6500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
THEODORE L. FREEDMAN, ESQUIRE
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Citigroup Center
153 East 53rd Street
New York, New York 10022
CHRISTOPHER LANDAU, ESQUIRE
ERIC B. WOLFF, ESQUIRE
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
655 Fifteenth Street, N.W., Suite 1200
Washington, D.C. 20005
Attorneys for Appellee,
Asea Brown Boveri, Inc.
ELIHU INSELBUCH, ESQUIRE (ARGUED)
Caplin & Drysdale
399 Park Avenue, 27th Floor
New York, New York 10022
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JOSEPH D. FRANK, ESQUIRE
Neal Gerber & Eisenberg
Two North LaSalle Street, Suite 2200
Chicago, Illinois 60602
MICHAEL R. LASTOWSKI, ESQUIRE
Duane Morris LLP
1100 North Market Street, Suite 1200
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Attorneys for Appellee,
The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
of Combustion Engineering, Inc.
ROGER L. FRANKEL, ESQUIRE (ARGUED)
Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP
3000 K Street, N.W., Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20007
JOHN C. PHILLIPS, JR., ESQUIRE
Phillips, Goldman & Spence, P.A.
Bank of Delaware Building
1200 North Broom Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19806
Attorneys for Appellee,
David T. Austern, Future Claimants' Representative
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