Judge Remands Liberty Mutual, Lone Star Industries Declaratory Judgment Action

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A federal judge has remanded a declaratory judgment action Liberty Mutual Insurance Company filed against Lone Star Industries and nearly 30 insurers over allocation of defense and indemnification costs for silica claims filed against Lone Star. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Lone Star Industries, Inc., No. 04-00379 (D. Conn.).

In an opinion issued July 9, Judge Peter Dorsey of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, ruled that the state law contract claims alleged by Liberty Mutual are neither related to, nor arise under or in, Lone Star's bankruptcy proceedings, which were recently reopened …