Opinion ID: 488510
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Eagle-Picher Industries

Text: 10 The history of the Eagle-Picher litigation substantially parallels that of GAF. Eagle-Picher presented its claim to seven federal agencies on July 27, 1983. 22 Its claim covered a total of 559 underlying claims for which Eagle-Picher sought indemnity or contribution from the United States. 23 Eagle-Picher had settled or satisfied judgments in these underlying cases, incurring expenses totalling $4,925,261.89. 24 11 Eagle-Picher's presentment included a cover letter and one Standard Form 95, which generally referred the reader to attachments. 25 The first attachment described Eagle-Picher's accident insurance, as required under item 17 of Standard Form 95. 26 Another attachment provided a 42-page description of Eagle-Picher's claim against the United States, including its theories regarding the United States' liability. 27 This was followed by a schedule listing the agencies to which presentment of the claim had been made 28 and a schedule of damages, which listed each of the underlying claims by the last name of the claimant and the damages incurred. 29 12 One final attachment was a statement referring the federal agency to ten boxes of materials included with the presentment. These boxes comprised Eagle-Picher's documentation of the underlying claims. For each underlying claim, Eagle-Picher included a two-page summary of the claim and all supporting documents, including settlement agreements and complaints in the underlying litigation. The two-page summary included the following information: the caption of the underlying lawsuit, the docket number, the name and address of the plaintiff, a description of the plaintiff's injury, the name and address of the executor if the injuries resulted in death, the date of death and cause of death if applicable, the shipyard or government facility where exposure occurred, the dates of exposure, the plaintiff's job title, the Eagle-Picher products that allegedly caused the injury, the amount paid in settlement or judgment and the date paid, all other costs associated with the defense, and a total of these costs. 30 13 After six months passed without final disposition of its claim, Eagle-Picher brought suit in the District Court. 31