MONSANTO CO. v. AETNA CAS. & SUR. CO.


593 A.2d 1013 (1990)

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.

September 10, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Robert K. Beste, Jr., Biggs & Battaglia, Wilmington, and Timothy C. Russell, Patricia A. Gotschalk, of Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Washington, D.C., for defendant American Mfrs. Mut. Ins. Co. and on behalf of defendants Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co.; Allstate Ins. Co. (as successor to Northbrook Excess & Surplus Co., formerly Northbrook Ins. Co.); American Centennial Ins. Co.; American Home Assur. Co.; Appalachia Ins. Co.; C. James Ayliffe; an underwriter on his own behalf, and as a representative of Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London; Birmingham Fire Ins. Co. of Pa.; Cal. Union Ins. Co.; Employers Ins. of Wausau, a Mut. Co.; Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.; First State Ins. Co.; Granite State Ins. Co.; Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co.; C.E. Heath Compensation and Liability Ins. Co.; Hudson Ins. Co.; Ins. Co. of North America; Ins. Co. of the State of Pa.; Intern. Ins. Co. (CGL policy only); Intern. Ins. Co. (EIL policy only); Lexington Ins. Co.; Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.; Nat. Cas. Co.; Nat. Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh; New England Ins. Co.; North Star Reinsurance Corp.; Northwestern Nat. Ins. Co.; Pacific Employers Ins. Co.; Protective Nat. Ins. Co. of Omaha; Royal Indem. Co.; St. Paul Surplus Lines Ins. Co.; The Travelers Indem. Co.; Unigard Sec. Ins. Co.; U.S. Fire Ins. Co. and The Home Ins. Co.


ORDER

POPPITI, Judge.

[COUNSEL:] [Telling the truth in civil litigation] is, of course, a very attractive proposition. But, I would like to visit with your Honor further examination of that proposition, because while that might be nice in a perfect world, it is not the way the system operates in litigation in this country.

THE COURT: Sad comment [counsel].

Transcript of proceedings, Oral Argument on Temporary Restraining Order at 25 (June...

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