BROWN FOUNDATION v. ST. PAUL INS. CO.

No. 90-SC-242-DG.

814 S.W.2d 273 (1991)

JAMES GRAHAM BROWN FOUNDATION, INC., Appellant, v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO., Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Continental Insurance Company, Indiana Insurance Company, and U.S. Fire Insurance Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing September 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lively M. Wilson, Stites & Harbison, Louisville, Mark R. Overstreet, Judith A. Villines, Stites & Harbison, Frankfort, for appellant.

Charles S. Cassis, Mark R. Feather, Brown, Todd & Heyburn, William S. Bowman, Stiles & Bowman, William D. Grubbs, Gregory Bolzle, Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, William A. Miller, Jr., Washer, Kaplan, Rothschild, Aberson & Miller, Louisville, Randy M. Mott, Robert T. Lee, Mott Pearce Williams & Lee PC, Lawrence E. Carr, Jr., Margaret H. Warner, Kyle A. Kane, Carr Goodson & Lee P.C., Washington, D.C., Daniel A. Bartoldus, Lawrence A. Levy, William M. Savino, Rivkin, Radler, Bayh & Hart & Kremer, Uniondale, N.Y., Scott J. Schwarz, Mattioni Mattioni & Mattioni, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Thomas W. Bruner, Marilyn E. Kerst, Stephen P. Keim, Wiley Rein & Fielding, Washington, D.C., F. Larkin Fore, Dan T. Schwartz, Mulloy Walz Wetterer Fore & Schwartz, Victor L. Baltzell, Jr., Miller Mosley Clare & Townes, Louisville, Dennis J. Conniff, Dept. of Law, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet, Frankfort, William H. Allen, William F. Greaney, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae.


WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a summary judgment in a declaratory judgment action which determined that comprehensive general liability insurance policies do not provide either indemnity for or a defense to the environmental claims against the insured.

The general issue relates to the availability of insurance coverage for environmental claims. This specific case involves whether comprehensive general liability policies of insurance purchased...

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