MT. McKINLEY INS. CO. v. PITTSBURGH CORNING CORP.

Civil Action No. 13-1639. Bankruptcy No. 00-22876.

518 B.R. 307 (2014)

MT. McKINLEY INSURANCE COMPANY and Everest Reinsurance Company, Appellants, v. PITTSBURGH CORNING CORPORATION, et al., Appellees.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

Signed September 30, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, Pittsburgh, PA ( James R. Walker , of counsel), and Walker, Wilcox & Matousek, Chicago, IL ( Fred L. Alvarez , of counsel), Tony L. Draper , Britt Walther , Houston, TX, of counsel, for appellants Mt. McKinley Insurance Company and Everest Reinsurance Company.

Reed Smith LLP, Pittsburgh, PA ( James J. Restivo, Jr. , Douglas E. Cameron , David Ziegler , Andrew J. Muha , of counsel), for Pittsburgh Coming Corporation, debtor.

Campbell & Levine, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA ( Douglas A. Campbell , Philip E. Milch , of counsel), Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, Washington, DC ( Peter Van N. Lockwood , Elihu Inselbuch , Rita C. Tobin , of counsel), and Anderson Kill, P.C., New York, NY ( Robert M. Horkovich , Robert Y. Chung , of counsel), for Asbestos Claimants Committee.

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Pittsburgh, PA ( Joel M. Helmrich , of counsel), and Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE ( James L. Patton, Jr. , Edwin J. Harron , Sara Beth A.R. Kohut , of counsel), for Future Claimants' Representative Lawrence Fitzpatrick.

Clark Hill PLC, Pittsburgh, PA ( Kimberly Luff Wakim , William C. Price , Elizabeth L. Slaby , of counsel), and Ward, Greenberg, Heller & Reidy LLP, Rochester, NY ( Cheryl A. Heller , Christin M. Cornetta , Kevin T. Merriman , David M. Knapp , of counsel), for Corning Incorporated.

K&L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh, PA ( Peter J. Kalis , David F. McGonigle , Michael S. Nelson , Neal R. Brendel , David A. Murdoch , David M. Aceto , of counsel), for PPG Industries, Inc.

Leech, Tishman, Fuscaldo & Lampl LLC, Pittsburgh, PA ( David W. Lampl , Jared S. Roach , Crystal H. Thornton-Illar , of counsel), for Official Committee of Trade Creditors.

Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA ( Natalie D. Ramsey , Leonard A. Busby , of counsel), for Certain PCC Cancer Claimants.

Bernstein Law Firm, Pittsburgh, PA ( Peter J. Ashcroft , of counsel), Stutzman, Bromberg, Esserman & Plifka, Dallas, TX ( Sander L. Esserman , David J. Parsons , of counsel), and Reaud, Morgan & Quinn, Beaumont, TX ( Chris Portner , Glen Morgan , John Werner , of counsel), for Reaud Morgan Claimants.

Del Sole, Cavanaugh & Stroyd, Pittsburgh, PA ( Patrick K. Cavanaugh , Arthur H. Stroyd, Jr. , Richard A. Swanson , Justin T. Romano , of counsel), and Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, Charlotte, NC ( Garland S. Cassada , Richard C. Worf , and Ty E. Shaffer , of counsel), for Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC.

O'Melveny & Myers, New York, NY ( Tancred V. Schiavoni , John B. McDonald , Vincent S. Weisband , Gary Svirsky , Sarah B. Hargrove , Bradley Rice , Charles J. Nerko , of counsel), and White & Williams, Pittsburgh, PA ( Joseph Gibbons , C. Justin Conrad , Michael S. Olsan , of counsel), for Century Indemnity Company.

Fox Rothschild, Pittsburgh, PA ( John R. Gotaskie, Jr. , Matthew S. Payne , Amy Kerr Parker , of counsel), and Charlston, Revich & Wollitz, Los Angeles, CA ( Stephen P. Soskin , of counsel), for Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company.

Lynberg & Watkins, Los Angeles, CA ( R. Jeff Carlisle , of counsel), Zeichner, Ellman & Krause, New York, NY ( Michael S. Davis , Peter Janovsky , of counsel), and Mendes & Mount, New York, NY ( Eileen T. McCabe , of counsel), for Chartis Holdings Companies.

Tucker Arensberg, Pittsburgh, PA ( Michael A. Shiner , Beverly Weiss Manne , Jeffrey J. Leech , of counsel), and Duane Morris , Los Angeles, CA ( Russel W. Roten , Jeffrey D. Kahane , Katherine L. Nichols , of counsel), for Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London and Certain London Market Insurers.

Stonecipher, Cunningham, Beard & Schmitt, Pittsburgh, PA ( George Snyder , of counsel), and Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, San Francisco, CA ( Rodney L. Eshelman , of counsel), for CNA Service Mark Insurers.

Lichfield Cavo , Chicago, IL ( Thomas M. Crawford , Dennis M. Dolan , of counsel), for Argonaut Insurance Company and Northwestern National Insurance Company.

Clausen Miller , Chicago, IL ( Amy R. Paulus , Timothy F. Jacobs , of counsel), for Old Republic Insurance Company.

Willman & Silvaggio, Pittsburgh, PA ( R. Kenneth Willman , James W. Young, Jr. , Ronald J. Richert , Nicholas J. Koch , of counsel), for Employers Mutual Casualty Company.

Cipriani & Werner, Pittsburgh, PA ( John M. Giunta , Jason A. Orr , of counsel), for National Casualty Company and Great Southwestern Fire Insurance Company.

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Washington, DC ( David M. Ross , of counsel), for Hudson Insurance Company.

Jones Day, Chicago, IL ( Brad B. Erens , of counsel), for PNC Bank.

Budd Larner, P.C., Short Hills, NJ ( Michael J. Balch , of counsel), and Margolis Edelstein , Pittsburgh, PA ( James S. Ehrman , of counsel), for North Star Reinsurance Corporation.

Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY ( Robert D. Goodman , Nicholas W. Miller , Miranda H. Turner , of counsel), and Robb, Leonard & Mulvihill, Pittsburgh, PA ( Mark A. Martini , of counsel), for Travelers Casualty & Surety Company f/k/a Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company and U.S.F. & G. Company.

Graham, Curtin, Morristown, NJ ( Stephen Gimigliano , Robert Mauriello , of counsel), for Government Employees Insurance Company and Stonewall Insurance Company.

Dorsey & Whitney, New York, NY ( Joshua Colangelo-Bryan , of counsel), for Employers Insurance of Wausau.

Traub, Lieberman, Straus & Shrewsberry, Hawthorne, NY ( Robert P. Siegel , of counsel), for Associated International Insurance Company and Evanston Insurance Company.

Rivkin, Radler, Uniondale, NY ( Anthony Gambardella , Michael E. Buckley , of counsel), for Allstate Insurance Company, Northbrook Excess & Surplus Insurance Company, American Insurance Company, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, RLI Insurance Company, Riunione Adriatica di Sicurta, and American Centennial Insurance Company.

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, New York, NY ( Carl J. Pernicone , of counsel), for Arrowood Indemnity Company, as successor to Royal Indemnity Company.

Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, Westfield, NJ ( Jay Lavroff , of counsel), for Agricultural Insurance Company and Transport Insurance Company.

Margolis Edelstein , Pittsburgh, PA ( Robert A. Arcovio , of counsel), for Allianz Underwriters Insurance Company.

Shipman & Goodwin, Washington, DC ( Edward B. Parks , James P. Ruggeri , of counsel), and Blumling & Gusky, Pittsburgh, PA ( Lyndall J. Huggler , Michael Kaminski , of counsel), for Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, First State Insurance Company, New England Insurance Company, New England Reinsurance Company and Twin City Fire Insurance Company.

Gordon & Rees, Philadelphia, PA ( William P. Shelley , of counsel), for Federal Insurance Company.

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, White Plains, NY ( Mark Ledwin , of counsel), for Zurich American Insurance Company.

Duane Morris, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA ( Joel M. Walker , of counsel), and San Francisco, CA ( Phillip R. Matthews , of counsel), for Westport Insurance Company f/k/a Puritan Insurance Company and f/k/a The Manhattan Fire & Marine Insurance Company.

Bates, Carey & Nicolaides, Chicago, IL ( Robert J. Bates, Jr. , Arthur F. Brandt , of counsel), for Munich Reinsurance America, Inc., f/k/a American Re-Insurance Company, and Executive Risk Indemnity, Inc., as successor in interest to American Excess Insurance Company.

Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, DC ( John F. O'Connor , of counsel), for TIG Insurance Company, and The North River Insurance Company (solely with respect to policies not bearing a "JU" designation).

Waters & Kraus, LLP, Dallas, TX ( Charls S. Siegel , of counsel), for Roas and Gary Blum, Representatives of the Estate of Osias Blum.

McGuire Woods, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA ( Scott Schuster , of counsel), for Ad Hoc Committee of Judgment Creditors.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

CONTI, Chief Judge.

I. Introduction

This case is an appeal from the bankruptcy court's order confirming the Modified Third Amended Plan of Reorganization ("plan") of debtor Pittsburgh Corning Corporation ("Pittsburgh Corning") and issuing an asbestos permanent channeling injunction under 11 U.S.C. § 524(g). The bankruptcy court explained the reasons for the order in an opinion entered on May 24, 2013. In re Pittsburgh...

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