STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION V HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSPECTION AND INSURANCE COMPANY

(1997) 6 Re LR 125

United States District Court ND Illinois Eastern Division

Before District Judge Castillo

Policy - Construction - Exclusion - “explosion” - Violent rupture of pulp digester - Whether an “explosion” - Whether policy ambiguous - Whether lack of definition of “explosion” compelled conclusion that term was ambiguous - Whether term “explosion” as used in policy included occurrence involving sudden and violent release of expanding pressure - Whether explosion exclusion exceptions in policy was ambiguous and would be construed to except digester from explosion exclusion.