# IPC ET AL V. AETNA SURETY AND CASUALTY ET AL.
> **Judicial** · FY1987 · — · Litigated, Lost
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `42855`
- **Case Number:** 07-1987-0015
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated, Lost
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AETNA SURETY AND CASUALTY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

U.S. FILED MOTION FOR LIMITED INTERVENTION FOR THE PURPOSE   OF OPENING SEALED PLEADINGS AND RECORDS.  THIS CASE IS A     DECLARATORY JUDGMENT CASE FILED IN 1983 BY INDEPENDENT       PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION AGAINST ITS PRIMARY AND EXCESS     INSURANCE CARRIERS SEEKING A DECLARATION THAT THE INSURANCE  CARRIERS MUST DEFEND AND INDEMNIFY THE PLAINTIFFS IN DIOXIN  LITIGATIONS INCLUDING GOVERNMENT CLAIMS AND THE CLAIMS OF    PRIVATE TORT LITIGANTS.  ALL PLEADINGS, DEPOSITIONS, ETC.    HAVE BEEN FILED UNDER SEAL.  U.S. OBTAINED SUMMARY JUDGMENT  AGAINST IPC ON 08/09/87 FOR ITS SECTION 107 OF CERCLA CLAIMS IN THE U.S. V. BLISS CASE, 84-0200, E.D.MO  U.S. SEEKS TO    INTERVENE SO THAT, AT THIS POINT, THE PLEADINGS & DISCOVERY  MATERIALS WILL BE OPEN.

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