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CURIALE v. AMBERCO BROKERS LTD.

No. 85 Civ. 1110 (PKL).

766 F.Supp. 171 (1991)

Salvatore CURIALE, Superintendent of Insurance of the State of New York, as Liquidator of Union Indemnity Insurance Company, in Liquidation, Plaintiff, v. AMBERCO BROKERS LTD., Beneficial American Insurance Company Ltd., Bison Insurance Company Ltd., St. John's Insurance Company Ltd., Cambridge Reinsurance Company Ltd., Commonwealth Insurance Company Ltd., Horizon Insurance Company Ltd., Mentor Insurance Ltd., and Universal Marine Insurance Company, Ltd., Defendants.

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

June 17, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anderson Costigan, New York City (William F. Costigan and Patricia A. Griffin, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Cravath, Swain & Moore, New York, New York City (Paul M. Dodyk, of counsel), for Commonwealth Ins. Co., Ltd.

Mendes & Mount, New York City (William R. Fried, of counsel), for Bison Ins. Co., Ltd., St. John's Ins. Co., Ltd., and Horizon Ins. Co., Ltd.

Miller, Singer, Raives & Brandes, P.C., New York City (Nancy K. Eisner, of counsel), for Beneficial American Ins. Co., Ltd.

Driscoll & Delaney, New York City (Michael J. Comerford, of counsel), for Amberco Brokers, Ltd.

OPINION AND ORDER

LEISURE, District Judge,

Union Indemnity Insurance Company ("Union") commenced this diversity action on February 8, 1985. Since July 1985, Union has been in liquidation proceedings in state court; for much of that time, this action has been on this Court's suspense docket. This matter having become active in September 1990, defendants now move the Court to dismiss this case on abstention grounds.

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