NORFOLK & W. RY. CO. v. ACC. & CAS. INS. CO.

Civ. A. No. 89-0344-R.

796 F.Supp. 925 (1992)

NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY CO., Plaintiff, v. ACCIDENT & CASUALTY INS. CO. OF WINTERTHUR, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Virginia, Roanoke Division.

May 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Fain Rutherford, Phillip D. Payne, IV, Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove, Roanoke, Va., Stephen A. Trimble, John M. Clifford, Patrick Kavanaugh, Hamilton & Hamilton, Washington, D.C., Russell H. Hart, Bruce L. McSpadden, Stuart & Branigin, Lafayette, Ind., for Norfolk and Western Ry. Co.

David Florin, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Alexandria, Va., for Fuji Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

Patrick M. Shine (Pro hac vice), Nancy J. Gleason (Pro hac vice), Gleason, McGuire & Shreffler, Chicago, Ill., Elizabeth Medaglia, Margery J. Lexa (Pro hac vice), Jackson & Campbell, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Allstate.

George Marshall Moriarty, Kenneth W. Erickson, Eric Smith, Ropes & Gray, Boston, Mass., David Overlock Stewart, Ropes & Gray, Washington, D.C., T. Daniel Frith, III, Mundy, Rogers & Frith, Roanoke, Va., Peter M. Brody (Pro hac vice), Washington, D.C., for London Market Companies.

Kathleen Taylor Sooy, Elizabeth E.S. Skilling, Joseph L.S. St. Amant, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Richmond, Va., for Admiral Ins. Co., Central Nat. Ins. Co. of Omaha, The Ins. Co. of Florida, Protective Nat. Ins. Co., Southern American Ins. Co., Canadian Universal Ins. Co. Ltd., Northwestern Nat. Ins. Co. of Milwaukee, Northwestern Nat. Cas. Ins. Co. and Bellefonte Ins. Co.

Jim H. Guynn, Jr., Parvin, Wilson, Barnett & Hopper, P.C., Roanoke, Va., Andres H. Marks, Stuart H. Newberger, William L. Anderson, Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C., for California Union Ins. Co. and Ins. Co. of North America.

James W. Greene, William F. Fawcett, Jr. (Pro hac vice), Bromley, Brown & Walsh, Washington, D.C., Randall M. Starrett, II, Maria T. Ehrlich (Pro hac vice), Bromley, Brown & Walsh, Falls Church, Va., for Employers Ins. of Wausau, American Reinsurance Co., Yosemite Ins. Co. and General Reinsurance Co. and United Nat. Ins. Co.

S.D. Roberts Moore, Phillip V. Anderson, Walter H. Peake, III, Melissa W. Robinson, Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore, Roanoke, Va., for American Home Assur. Co., Birmingham Fire Ins. Co. of Pennsylvania, Granite State Ins. Co., Landmark Ins. Co., Lexington Ins. Co., Nat. Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., New Hampshire Ins. Co., The Ins. Co. of State of Pa., Audubon Indem. Co., American Centennial Ins. Co., First State Ins. Co., Highlands Ins. Co., Royal Indem. Co. and Southeastern Fidelity Ins. Co.

Gerald F. Ivey, Michele S. Ponte, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Washington, D.C., for Mead Reinsurance.

Stuart L. Peacock (Pro hac vice), K. Thomas Shahriari, Donald M. Gilberg, Mark Westerfield, Bivona & Cohen, Washington, D.C., for American Ins. Co., Firemen's Fund Ins. Co. and Nat. Sur. Corp.

Philip G. Gardner, Gardner, Gardner & Barrow, P.C., Martinsville, Va., for Federal Ins. Co.

Lanier Woodrum, Fox, Wooten & Hart, Roanoke, Va., for Allstate Ins. Co. and Northbrook Excess and Surplus Ins. Co.

Susan W. Spangler, Fox Wooten & Hart, Roanoke, Va., for Employer's Mut. Cas. Co.

Richard Gimer, Stephen L. Humphrey, Kathryn A. Underhill, Hopkins, Sutter, Hamel & Park, Washington, D.C., for Transp. Mut. Ins. Co. and Employers Surplus Lines Ins. Co. (Commercial Union).

Miguel E. Rubio (Pro hac vice), Robert Heggestad (Pro hac vice), Casey, Scott, Canfield & Heggestad, P.C., Washington, D.C., Mark Weiss, Roberts & Rab, Woodbridge, Va., for Harbor Ins.

Steven K. Davidson, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D.C. (Roger E. Warin, of counsel), for Home Ins. Co.

Howard W. Dobbins, Williams, Mullen, Christian & Dobbins, P.C., Richmond, Va., Wendy H. Kock, Griffith & Burr, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., for Transamerica Premier Ins. Co.

Kevin E. Wolf (Pro hac vice), Lorraine M. Armenti, Barbara C. Robertson, McElroy, Deutsch and Mulvaney, Morristown, N.J., William B. Hopkins, Jr., Martin, Hopkins, Lemon & Carter, P.C., Roanoke, Va., for Intern. Surplus Lines Ins. Co.

Michael D. Gallagher, Robert Thurston, German, Gallagher & Murtagh, Philadelphia, Pa., David P. Joyce, Stone, Worthy, Reynolds & Joyce, Martinsville, Va., for Stonewall Ins. Co.

Bill Marks, Milwaukee, Wis., for Integral Ins. (Incorporated as Old Reliable — Changed name to Integral on 5/20/83).

George Vallone, East Orange, N.J., for American Home Assur. Co., Birmingham Fire Ins. Co. of Pennsylvania, Employers Surplus Lines Ins. Co., Granite State Ins. Co., The Ins. Co. of State of Pa., Landmark Ins. Co., Lexington Ins. Co., Nat. Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., New Hampshire Ins. Co., Audubon Ins. Co. and Ins. Co. of Baton Rouge.

Jan Kravitz, American Universal Group, Providence, R.I., for Canadian Universal Ins. Co.

Scott Riley, Wilmington, Del., for American Centennial Ins. Co.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

TURK, Chief Judge.

BACKGROUND

The court takes jurisdiction over this case pursuant to the diversity statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1332.

Employee Surplus Lines Insurance Company ("ESLIC") seeks summary judgment on the ground that the plaintiff, Norfolk & Western Railway Co. ("the railroad"), failed to give timely notice of the hearing loss claims against which it seeks indemnity in this litigation. The court is aware of...

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