AETNA CAS. & SUR. CO. v. DANNENFELDT

Nos. CIV 91-223 PHX-RMB to CIV 91-233 PHX-RMB, CIV 90-1897 PHX-RMB, CIV 91-234 PHX-RMB, CIV 91-235 PHX-RMB, CIV 90-1331 PHX-RBM and CIV 91-357 PHX-RMB, Adv. Nos. 90-487, 90-898, 90-738, 90-512, 90-800, 90-571, 90-402, 90-1074, 90-865, 90-429, 90-573, 90-637, 90-579 and 90-139.

778 F.Supp. 484 (1991)

AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO., Plaintiff, v. DANNENFELDT, et al., Defendants. AMERICAN ZURICH CO., Plaintiff, v. ACC, et al., Defendants. CALIFORNIA UNION INS. CO., Plaintiff, v. ACC, et al., Defendants. FIREMAN'S FUND OF WISCONSIN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ACC, et al., Defendants. HARBOR INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff, v. ACC, et al., Defendants. The HOME INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff, v. ACC, et al., Defendants. INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE CO., et al., Plaintiffs, v. ACC, et al., Defendants. LEXINGTON INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff, v. ACC, et al., Defendants. NIAGARA FIRE INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff, v. ACC, et al., Defendants. RELIANCE INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff, v. ACC, et al., Defendants. RELIANCE INSURANCE CO. OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff, v. ACC, et al., Defendants. ROBLE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITTSBURGH, et al., Defendants. ROYAL INDEMNITY COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. ACC, et al., Defendants. TRANSAMERICA INS. CO., Plaintiff, v. ACC, et al., Defendants. UNDERWRITERS, etc., Plaintiff, v. RTC, et al., Defendants. FIRST STATE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ACC, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Arizona.

November 7, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard B. Simon, Milberg Weiss Bershad Specthrie & Lerach, San Diego, Cal., Ronald Rus, Eric Houser, Alvarado, Rus & Worcester, Orange, Cal., Joseph W. Cotchett, Susan Illston, Cotchett, Illston & Pitre, Burlingame, Cal., for plaintiffs.

P. John Owen, James W. Howard, Kristin L. Farnen, Sarah W. Hayes, Morrison & Hecker, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiff Resolution Trust Corp.

Peter K. Rosen, Dennis A. Winston, Rosen & Winston, Los Angeles, Cal., for Andrew Ligget.

George W. Buehler, Miller & Nolan, Los Angeles, Cal., for Gary W. Hall.

Susan Smith, Brand & Lowell, Washington, D.C., for Judy J. Wischer and George Wischer.

Jeffrey A. Charlston, Charlston, Revich & Williams, Los Angeles, Cal., Timothy W. Evens, Sorenson, Moore & Evens, Phoenix, Ariz., for International Ins. Co. and Intern. Surplus Lines Ins. Co.

James P. Wagoner, McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth, Fresno, Cal., for Fireman's Fund of Wisconsin and National Sur. Corp.

James D. Otto, Cummins & White, Los Angeles, Cal., for Home Ins. Co. and Niagara Ins. Co.

Stephen Youngerman, Bush, Koppel & Schweizer, Santa Monica, Cal., for Transamerica Ins. Group.

David R. Garcia, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, Cal., for California Union Ins. Co.

David A. Tartaglio, Musick, Peeler & Garrett, Los Angeles, Cal., for Reliance Ins. Co.

Randa Raulins, Niewald, Waldeck & Brown, Shawnee Mission, Kan., for Royal Ins. Co.

Lawrence Monbleau, Lawrence Monbleau, P.C., Phoenix, Ariz., for Royal Ins. Co.

Donald W. McCormick, Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, Los Angeles, Cal., for Nat. Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh and Landmark Ins. Co.

Walter J. Lipsman, Morris, Polich & Purdy, Los Angeles, Cal., for Harbor Ins. Co.

Lane J. Ashley, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Los Angeles, Cal., for American Zurich Ins. Co.

Dirk W. deRoos, Dixon & Dixon, P.C., Denver, Colo., for First State Ins. Co. and New England Ins. Co.

Michael J. Leahy, Leroy Tubb, Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, Santa Monica, Cal., for Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co.


AMENDED MEMORANDUM OPINION1 AND ORDER

BILBY, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

The plaintiffs provided excess general liability coverage to American Continental Corporation ("ACC"), its subsidiaries and affiliates, over a five-year period beginning in April 1985. They seek declarations pursuant to the Federal Declaratory Judgments Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201, delineating their responsibilities to ACC insureds with respect...

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