FEDERAL INS. CO. v. CABLEVISION SYSTEMS DEV. CO.

No. 85 CIV 250.

637 F.Supp. 1568 (1986)

FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. CABLEVISION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Charles F. Dolan, Communications Management Corp., Cablevision Systems Holdings Company, Atlantic Cable Television Service Corp., Cablevision of Huntington, Cablevision Systems Huntington Corp., Cablevision Program Services Company, Cablevision Systems Corporation, Cablevision Consolidations Company, Sports-Channel Associates, Long Island Cable Communications Development Company, AM Cable TV Industries, Inc., Lawrence Meli, Robert J. Sullivan, John Tatta, American Employers Insurance Company, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Mission Insurance Company, Defendants. And Related Counter-Claims and Cross-Claims.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

July 1, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for plaintiff Federal Ins. Co.; Barry R. Ostrager, Mary Kay Vyskocil, Gregory A. Ritter, of counsel.

Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, for defendant Cablevision and individual defendants; Yvonne S. Quinn, Robert A. Sacks, of counsel.

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, New York City, for defendant American Employers Ins. Co.; Herbert Dicker, Albert A. Foster, Jr., Ellen F. Weisman, of counsel.

Semel & Boeckmann, New York City, for Defendant Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.; Douglas A. Boeckmann, Elisa Schaefer Brickell, James F. Kelleher (admitted Pro Hac Vice), of counsel.


BARTELS, District Judge.

This is a controversy among several insurance companies concerning coverage of their insured. Plaintiff Federal Insurance Company (Federal) brought this action under the Federal Declaratory Judgment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2201, for a declaration of the rights and liabilities of the various insurance companies providing liability coverage to defendant Cablevision Systems Development Co., its affiliates and several officers and employees (collectively...

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