AMERICAN EXCESS INS. CO. v. MGM GRAND HOTELS

No. 16425.

729 P.2d 1352 (1986)

AMERICAN EXCESS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. MGM GRAND HOTELS, INC., Grand Reservation Services, Inc., Grand Purchasing Services, Inc., Hotel Linen Services, Inc., Reno Resorts, Inc., MGM Grand Hotel-Reno, Inc., Reno Reservation Services, Inc., MGM Grand Hotel-Las Vegas, Inc., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dickerson, Miles, Pico & Mitchell, Eleissa C. Lavelle, Las Vegas, and Boornazian, Jensen & Garthe, Oakland, Cal., for appellant.

Lionel Sawyer & Collins and David N. Frederick, Las Vegas, for respondents.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

On November 21, 1980, a major fire occurred at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, resulting in more than 3,000 liability claims for wrongful death, personal injury and property damage. At the time of the fire, defendants/counterclaimants/respondents MGM Grand Hotels, Inc. and MGM Grand Hotel-Las Vegas, Inc. (MGM) carried $30,000,000 of liability insurance coverage written on a layered basis by four different insurance companies...

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