ARGONAUT INS v. OCCIDENTAL


106 Misc.2d 5 (1980)

Argonaut Insurance Company, Plaintiff, v. Occidental Petroleum Corporation et al., Defendants. Unigard Mutual Insurance Company, Plaintiff, v. Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp. et al., Defendants. International Surplus Lines Insurance Company, Plaintiff, v. Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp. et al., Defendants. Central National Insurance Company of Omaha, Plaintiff, v. Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp., Defendant. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, Plaintiff, v. Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp. et al., Defendants. Home Insurance Company et al., Plaintiffs, v. Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp. et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, Niagara County.

July 28, 1980


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon (George Berger and Martin Stein of counsel), Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel (Manly Fleischmann, Lawrence H. Wagner, Henry W. Killeen and Jean C. Powers of counsel), Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp (Edward R. McHale of counsel), and Charles E. Foster for Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp. and another. Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber (William G. Gisel of counsel), for Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp. Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine (Walter L. Stratton of counsel), and Moot, Sprague, Marcy, Landy, Fernbach & Smythe (Richard F. Griffin of counsel), for Argonaut Insurance Company. Siff & Newman (Mark L. Rosen and Stuart I. Parker of counsel), and Albrecht, Maguire, Heffern & Gregg, P. C. (Charles H. Dougherty of counsel). for Employers Mutual Casualty Co. and others. Brown, Maloney, Gallup, Roach & Busteed (Edmund S. Brown, Jr., of counsel), for Central National Insurance Company of Omaha. Smith, Murphy & Schoepperle (Richard E. Schoepperle and Frank G. Godson of counsel), for Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company. Townley & Updike (Philip D. Pakula of counsel), for Home Insurance Company and another. Williams, Williams, Volgenau & Burke (Diane Bosse of counsel), for Home Insurance Company and another. Brown, Kelly, Turner, Hassett & Leach (Rogert A. Olson of counsel), for Aetna Life & Casualty Co. and another. Rosen, Yasinow & Roberts (Donald N. Roberts of counsel), for Aetna Insurance Company. Brownstein, Canale, Madden & Burke (John J. Madden and Michael F. Perley of counsel), for Stonewall Insurance Company. Cohen, Lombardo, Blewett, Fisher, Hite & Spandau (Anthony M. Nosek of counsel), for AIU Insurance Co. and others. Damon, Morey, Sawyer & Moot (Andrew Feldman and Carol C. White of counsel), and Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims for Lloyd's London-Cert. No. 31469 and another. Mendes & Mount (John McAndrews of counsel), and Falk, Siemer, Glick, Tuppen & Maloney (Alvin M. Glick of counsel), for Lloyd's London-Cert. Nos. MMS. Cox, Barrell, Walsh, Roberts & Grace (John P. Cox of counsel), for Insurance Company of North America. Davis, Polk & Wardwell (Paul R. Koeff of counsel), for California Union Insurance Company and another. Lester, Schwab, Katz & Dwyer (James J. Harrington of counsel), for Fireman's Fund Insurance Company. Fudeman, Renaldo, Myers & Regan, P. C. (William J. Regan of counsel), for Continental Insurance Company. Hodgson, Russ, Andrews, Woods & Goodyear (Daniel M. Darragh of counsel), for Commercial Union Insurance Co. and another. Donald T. Mahoney for American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company and others. Miller, Bouvier, O'Connor & Cegielski (Gerald Bouvier of counsel), for Northbrook Excess & Surplus Insurance Co. Orr, Brydges & Orr (George Tsakos of counsel), for Reserve Insurance Company. O'Shea, Adamson, Reyolds & Napier (Philip J. O'Shea of counsel), for Continental Casualty Company. Grossman, Levine & Civiletto (Stanley Grossman of counsel), for Peter Urban and others.


JOSEPH P. KUSZYNSKI, J.

Defendants Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corporation (Hooker) and Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Occidental) move pursuant to CPLR 3211 to dismiss these six actions, or in the alternative to stay them in this court, upon the grounds that an identical action is pending between the same parties in the State of California. Hooker and Occidental also assert that certain persons who should...

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