PITTSTON CO. v. ALLIANZ INS. CO.

Civ. A. No. 90-3631.

795 F.Supp. 678 (1992)

PITTSTON COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ALLIANZ INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

As Amended June 19, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Drasco, Steven Ritardi, Lum, Hoens, Conant, Danzis & Kleinberg, Roseland, N.J., and Timothy A. Vanderver, Jr., David J. Farber, Paul A.J. Wilson, Patton, Boggs & Blow, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

John Agnello, Carella, Byrne, Bain, Gilfillan, Cecchi & Steward, Roseland, N.J., and Daniel H. Williams, III, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, for intervenor plaintiffs Ultramar America Ltd. and Ultramar Petroleum Inc.

Joseph L. Ruby, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, D.C., and Douglas E. Arpert, Evans, Hand, Allabough & Amoresano, West Paterson, N.J., for defendant Travelers Ins. Co.

Neal M. Glazer, D'Amato & Lynch, New York City, and Irwin Burzynski, Scarpone & Edelson, Newark, N.J., for defendant Underwriters at Lloyd's and London Market Insurers.

Alfred J. Kuffler, Kevin G. O'Donovan, Palmer, Biezup & Henderson, Philadelphia, Pa., and Michael B. McCauley, Palmer, Biezup & Henderson, Camden, N.J., for defendant Gibbs and Companies.

William B. McGuire, Tompkins, McGuire & Wachenfeld, Newark, N.J., for defendants Hartford Ins. Co., Hartford Fire Ins. Co., Allianz Ins. Co., Ancon Ins. Co., Rochdale Ins. Co., Chiyoda Fire & Marine Ins. Co., Unigard Mut. Ins. Co., Unione Italiana Reinsurance Co., and United Americas Ins. Co.

William Wachenfeld, Priestly, McGuire & Wachenfeld, Newark, N.J., for defendants Employers Ins. of Wausau and American Marine Underwriters, Inc.


OPINION

WOLIN, District Judge.

Before the Court is a motion by plaintiff Pittston Company ("Pittston") and plaintiffs in intervention Ultramar America, Limited and Ultramar Petroleum, Inc. (collectively "Ultramar"), and cross-motions by various defendants, all which seek a declaration of which body of law governs the interpretation of a number of insurance contracts. The parties variously seek to have New Jersey, New York or federal maritime law applied...

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