United States Fourth Circuit

In a case concerning insurers' liability for asbestos-related bodily injuries, the district court properly found that plaintiffs' claims are subject to the aggregate limits of the insurance policies under the completed operations hazard clauses in the policies.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/06/2004
• Published 10/06/2004

Judges

• Before WIDENER and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and MICHAEL, Senior United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED: Mark Herbert Kolman, Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellants.  Lee Hedgecock Ogburn, Kramon & Graham, P.A., Baltimore, MD;  William Judkins Bowman, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.;  Robert L. Hoegle, Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF:  Jerold Oshinsky, Katherine J. Henry, Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.;  James R. Matthews, Keating, Muething & Klekamp, L.L.P., Cincinnati, OH, for Appellants.  Steven M. Klepper, Kramon & Graham, P.A., Baltimore, MD;  Jonathan S. Franklin, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.;  Harry Lee, Steptoe & Johnson, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.;  David M. Rice, Laurie J. Hepler, Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA;  Robert M. Wright, William P. Pearce, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, L.L.P., Baltimore, MD;  Mary S. Diemer, Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellees.  Marc S. Mayerson, Robert E. Johnston, Spriggs & Hollingsworth, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Porter Hayden.  Philip E. Milch, Campbell & Levine, L.L.C., Pittsburgh, PA, for Amicus Curiae Creditors of Porter Hayden.  Armand J. Volta, Jr., Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, Baltimore, MD, for Amicus Curiae Creditors of ACandS.  Mark A. Packman, Joel E. Greer, Gilbert, Heintz & Randolph, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae ACandS, et al.  Laura A. Foggan, John C. Yang, Amy K. Graham, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Insurance Litigation Association, et al.  Thomas J. Quinn, Stephen T. Roberts, Mendes & Mount, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Lloyd's, et al.