OLIN CORP. v. INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA

No. 84 CIV 1968 (LBS).

743 F.Supp. 1044 (1990)

OLIN CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, et al., Defendants.

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

August 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haythe & Curley (James J. Harrington, Michael L. Gioia, Russell K. Statman, of counsel), New York City, for plaintiff.

Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon (Paul R. Koepff, Gabriella S. Tussusov, of counsel), New York City, for defendant Ins. Co. of North America.

Seward & Kissel (Dale C. Christensen, Jr., R. Scott Garley, Pia E. Riverso, of counsel), New York City, for defendant The Hanover Ins. Co.

Hopkins & Sutter (Richard H. Gimer, Kathryn A. Underhill, Laura A. Lane, of counsel), Washington, D.C., Locker, Greenberg & Branin (Theodore M. Greenberg, of counsel), New York City, for Commercial Union Ins. Co. and Falcon Ins. Co.

Gottesman, Wolgel, Smith & Secunda, P.C. (Lawrence L. Flynn, of counsel), New York City, for defendant Great American Ins. Co.

Sheft & Sweeney (Peter I. Sheft, of counsel), New York City, Jackson & Campbell, P.C. (James P. Schaller, M. Elizabeth Medaglia, Richard W. Bryan, of counsel), Washington, D.C., for defendants American Home Assur. Co., Lexington Ins. Co., Nat. Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa.

Rogers & Wells (Joseph H. Spain, Barry W. Rashkover, of counsel), New York City, for defendant Federal Ins. Co.

Bromley, Brown & Walsh (James W. Greene, of counsel), Washington, D.C., Bower & Gardner (Barry G. Saretsky, Allen G. Katz, of counsel), New York City, for defendants American Re-Insurance Co., Continental Cas. Co., Nat. American Ins. Co., Northbrook Excess and Surplus Ins. Co.


OPINION

SAND, District Judge.

Plaintiff Olin Corporation ("Olin") seeks in this action, inter alia, a declaratory judgment that various defendant insurance companies have a duty to defend and indemnify Olin in connection with certain events involving mercury contamination allegedly caused by Olin's former chlor-alkali plant in Saltville, Virginia. See First Amended Complaint, ¶¶ 60-65, 82-85 (Counts IV and VII). We consider now the...

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