KEYSPAN GAS v. MUNICH REINS.

No. 110

23 N.Y.3d 583 (2014)

15 N.E.3d 1194

992 N.Y.S.2d 185

2014 NY Slip Op 4113

KEYSPAN GAS EAST CORPORATION, Respondent, v. MUNICH REINSURANCE AMERICA, INC., et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided June 10, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Melveny & Myers LLP ( Jonathan D. Hacker of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), Siegal & Park, Mount Laurel, New Jersey ( Lawrence A. Nathanson of counsel), Boutin & Altieri, P.L.L.C., Carmel ( John L. Altieri, Jr. , of counsel), White and Williams LLP, New York City ( Robert F. Walsh of counsel), Landman Corsi Ballaine & Ford PC. ( Michael L. Gioia of counsel) and Bates Carey Nicolaides LLP, Chicago, Illinois ( Robert J. Bates, Jr. , of counsel), for appellants.

Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C. ( Jay T Smith and William F Greaney of counsel), Covington & Burling LLP, New York City ( Mark P Gimbel of counsel), for respondent.

Proskauer Rose LLP, New York City ( John E. Failla and Matthew J. Morris of counsel), for Environmental Energy Alliance of New York, LLC, amicus curiae.

Melito & Adolfsen PC, New York City ( S. Dwight Stephens of counsel), and Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, D.C. ( Laura A. Foggan and Jennifer A. Williams of counsel), for Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association, amicus curiae.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ABDUS-SALAAM, J.

In this insurance coverage dispute, plaintiff-respondent KeySpan Gas East Corporation seeks a declaration that defendants-appellants Munich Reinsurance America, Inc., Century Indemnity Company, and Northern Assurance Company of America have a duty to defend and indemnify KeySpan for liabilities associated with the investigation and remediation of environmental damage...

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