AMES v. CONTINENTAL CAS. CO.

No. 8518SC587.

340 S.E.2d 479 (1986)

Antony Williams AMES, as representative of those underwriters at Lloyd's, London subscribing Lloyd's Professional Indemnity Policy Number 0110147/0146036, Walbrook Insurance Company, Winterthur Swiss Insurance Company, Southern American Insurance Company, Mutual Reinsurance Company Limited, St. Katherine Insurance Company Limited, London & Edinburgh General Insurance Company Limited, Bermuda Fire & Marine Insurance Company Limited, Excess Insurance Company Limited, Turegum Insurance Company, Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited, Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Company (U.K.) Limited, Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance, Trident General Insurance Company Limited, Bellefonte Insurance Company, Terra Nova Insurance Company Limited, Assicurazioni Generali, T. Frank Booth, Clark C. Burritt, Jr., Thomas J. Cribbin, Robert E. Edmonds, Jimmy D. Gambill, Oba T. Hanna, Jr., Christopher J. Moran, John R. Pugh, C. Robert Surratt, Harry L. Laing, Billy G. Clodfelter, Bobby R. Curtis, Kenneth H. Eidson, Billy E. Green, Sterling L. Hudson, Ashley S. James, Jr., Frederick E. Lewis, Richard H. Llewellyn, Mildred Mashburn, John L. Matthews, Bernard B. Moreland, William H. Stone, Jr., Thomas R. Woodard, Billy Mittelstadt, H. James Toland, Jr., S. Ben Herbert, George H. Rogers, Jr., James A. Shaver, C. Edward Barger, Charles L. Ezell, III, James D. Fussell, Robert P. McNairy, Joe F. Ogburn, Earl H. Ward, Claude F. Phillips, Gale D. Eidson, M.T. Daniel, O. Kenneth Spainhour, Benny F. Stroupe, Gorrell L. Tate, Dick R. Warfford, Julian C. Knott, Sam B. Andrews, Samuel R. Henderson, D. Frederick Weir, Jr., Kenneth F. Winton, Thomas G. Horne, John S. Tolbert, Gerald C. Burke, Ralph M. Hungerpiller, W. Glenn Jenkins, Paul R. Oken, Joe M. Knowles, Brice L. Holland, George D. Harris, James D. Moulton, Carlton E. Taylor, James L. Dallas, Wesley W. Taylor, A.K. Anderson, Marlin P. Alt, Mensel D. Dean, Jr., James G. Sprinkel, Mervin B. Stickley, Robert C. Peery, C. Philip Avery, Jr., Forrest W. Brown, Jr., Carl R. Ellenburg, James E. Harris, John W. Inman, C. Foster Jennings, O. Ralph Puccinelli, Jr., John W. Sanderson, James A. Satterwhite, Jesse W. Turner, J. Gordon Harman, Carroll N. Pearson, Robert L. Carmody, Judah H. Ever, James Wilson, Melvin Fancher, Albert H. Crippen, Jr., Orian P. Wells, Jr., Carl R. Bruno, Joseph N. Guariglia, James H. Muller, Frank Bauerschmidt, William J. Craven, James C. Neill, M. Ross Lane, Charles M. Brabson, Clifford S. English, Jr., Robert E. Leech, George F. McKnight, William H. Terry, Mary G. Weinstein, and A.M. Pullen and Company, a general partnership, v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard by L.P. McLendon, Jr. and John L. Sarratt, Greensboro, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Henson, Henson & Bayliss by Perry C. Henson and Paul D. Coates, Greensboro, for defendant-appellant.


ARNOLD, Judge.

I.

Continental first contends that the trial court erred in concluding that the Lloyd's policy provided "excess" coverage for acts and omissions occurring before December 1971. Assuming its policies covered Travelers' underlying claims, Continental does not dispute that it is a primary insurer for occurrences in 1971. Continental argues instead that Lloyd's is also a primary carrier for acts and...

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