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MONSANTO CO. v. AETNA CAS. AND SUR. CO.

Civ. A. No. 88C-JA-118.

565 A.2d 268 (1989)

MONSANTO COMPANY, a Corporation of the State of Delaware, Plaintiff, v. AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County.

Decided: May 22, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Poole, Richard L. Horwitz, and Kathleen T. Furey, of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, and Jerold Oshinsky, and Patricia A. Van Dyke, of Anderson, Baker, Kill & Olick, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff Monsanto Co.

Richard K. Herrmann, of Handelman & Murdoch and Peter I. Sheft, and Marjorie H. Mintzer, of Sheft, Wright & Sweeney, New York City, for defendant American Centennial Ins. Co.

Henry E. Gallagher, Jr., of Connolly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz and James Lewis Griffith, and James W. Christie, of Griffith & Burr, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant C.E. Heath Compensation and Liability Ins. Co.

James W. Semple, of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, and James K. O'Brien, and Elizabeth A. Downey, of Denenberg, Tuffley, Bocan, Jamieson, Black, Hopkins & Ewald, P.C., Southfield, Mich., for defendant Intern. Ins. Co.

Elizabeth B. Sandza, of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & Macrae, Washington, D.C., for defendants Nat. Ins. Co. and Hudson Ins. Co.

Robert L. Ciociola, and Irene A. Sullivan, of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, for defendant North Star Reinsurance Corp.

MARTIN, Judge.

This is the Court's decision on defendants' motions to dismiss on various jurisdictional grounds. For the reasons that follow, these motions are denied.

On January 20, 1988 Monsanto Company ("Monsanto") filed this comprehensive action seeking a declaratory judgment to determine its rights and the obligations of 38 insurance companies under primary and excess environmental liability insurance policies sold to Monsanto, in connection with environmental...

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