United States Third Circuit

Unless asbestos in a building were of such quantity and condition as to make the structure unusable, the expense of correcting the situation was not within the scope of a first party insurance policy covering "physical loss or damage."

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/14/2002
• Published 11/14/2002

Judges

• Before NYGAARD, ROTH, and WEIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carlene V. McIntyre (Argued), Hugh H. Welsh, Milton H. Pachter, Michael D. Driscoll, Shirley J. Goldstein, Ezra I. Bialik, Dolores J. Ostaszewski, Law Department, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York, NY, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kenneth W. Erickson (Argued), Matthew M. Burke, Jane E. Willis, David M. Stringer, Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA, for Appellees, Coleridge and London Market Companies, Icarom, P.L.C., Lexington Insurance Company, Baltica Insurance Company, CNA Reinsurance of London Limited, Compagnie D'Assurances Maritimes Aeriennes Et Terrestres, S.A., Compagnie Europeenne D'Assurances Industrielles S.A., Excess Insurance Company Limited, Folksam International Insurance Company Limited, Insco Limited, River Thames Insurance Company Limited, Scottish Lion Insurance Company, Simcoe and Erie General Insurance Company, St. Katherine Insurance Company, Terra Nova Insurance Company Limited, Turegum Insurance Company, “ Winterthur” Swiss Insurance Company, Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Certain LondonMarket Companies and Assicurazioni Generali, S.p.A., Gregory R. Haworth, Duane, Morris LLP, Newark, NJ, for Appellee, Coleridge and London Market Companies., Matthew S. Ponzi, Thomas B. Orlando, Foran Glennon Palandech & Ponzi, Chicago, IL, for Appellee, United Fire & Casualty Company., Richard M. Mackowsky, Michael R. McCarty, Cozen & O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, Andrew S. Amer, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York, NY, for Appellees, Hartford Fire Insurance Company and Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company., Stuart Cotton, Jeffrey S. Weinstein, Mound, Cotton, Wollan & Greengrass, New York, NY, for Appellees, American Home Assurance Company, Birmingham Fire Insurance Company of Pennsylvania, Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, Lexington Insurance Company and Providence Washington Insurance Company., H. Richard Chattman, Podvey, Sachs, Meanor, Catenacci, Hildner & Cocoziello, Newark, NJ, for Appellee, Affiliated FM Insurance Company., Peter E. Kanaris, Lawrence D. Mason, Daar, Fisher, Kanaris & Vanek, Chicago, IL, for Appellees, Allianz Insurance Company, Continental Insurance Company, Employers Mutual Casualty Company, Federal Insurance Company and Home Indemnity Company., Jerrald H. Hochman, Siegal & Napierkowski, Cherry Hill, NJ, for Appellee, Insurance Company of North America.