Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Michael P. Tierney argued the cause for appellant (Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch, attorneys; James C. Pitney and Dennis R. LaFiura on the brief; Cahill Gordon & Reindel (Raymond L. Falls, Jr., Leonard A. Spivak, Michael P. Tierney, Thorn Rosenthal and Peter F. Lake) of counsel).
Allan B. Taylor argued the cause for respondent The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company (Connell, Foley & Geiser and Day, Berry & Howard, attorneys; John B. LaVecchia of CF & G and Allan B. Taylor, Thomas J. Groark, Jr., Scott P. Moser, Ruth A. Kurien of DB & H on the joint brief).
Robert J. Bates, Jr. argued the cause for respondents American Re-Insurance Company and American Excess Insurance Company (Phelan, Pope & John, Ltd. and Budd, Larner, Gross, Picillo, Rosenbaum, Greenberg & Sade, attorneys; Robert J. Bates, Jr. and Maryann C. Hayes of PP & J and Carl Greenberg of BLGPRG & S on the joint brief).
Peter I. Sheft argued the cause for respondents London Market Insurers (Sheft & Sweeney, attorneys; Peter I. Sheft, David Holmes and Rosemary A. Juster on the joint brief).
Paul R. Koepff argued the cause for respondents Insurance Company of North America, California Union Insurance Company and Pacific Employers Insurance Company (Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Ferdon and Ribis, Graham, Verdon & Curtin, attorneys; Paul R. Koepff and George A. Pierce of MRGA & F and Thomas R. Curtin of RGV & C on the joint brief).
Stephen D. Cuyler argued the cause for respondents General Reinsurance Company, Gibralter Casualty Insurance Company, North Star Reinsurance Company, Prudential Reinsurance Company, Ranger Insurance Company, Employers Mutual Insurance Company and American Centennial Insurance Company (Cuyler, Burk & Matthews, attorneys; Stephen D. Cuyler and Peter Petrou on the joint brief).
Respondent Home Insurance Company relied on the argument of Stephen D. Cuyler (Morgan, Melhuish, Monaghan, Arvidson, Abrutyn & Lisowski, attorneys; Henry Morgan on the joint brief).
Respondent Commercial Union Insurance Company relied on the argument of Stephen D. Cuyler (Griffith & Burr, attorneys; James W. Christie on the joint brief).
Respondent Fireman's Fund Insurance Company relied on the argument of Stephen D. Cuyler (Kunzman, Coley, Yospin & Berstein and Gilberg & Kurent, attorneys; Steven A. Kunzman of KCY & B and K. Thomas Shahriari of G & K on the joint brief).
Respondents National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA., American International Underwriters, American Home Assurance Company, Lexington Insurance Company and Granite State Insurance Company relied on the argument of Stephen D. Cuyler (Garrity, Fitzpatrick, Graham, Hawkins & Favetta, attorneys; Antonio D. Favetta on the joint brief). Respondents also filed a separate brief.
Respondents The Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., First State Insurance Company and Twin City Fire Insurance Co. relied on the argument of Stephen D. Cuyler (Tompkins, McGuire & Wachenfeld, attorneys; Rex K. Harriott on the joint letter-brief).
Respondent Royal Indemnity Co. relied on the argument of Stephen D. Cuyler (Golden, Rothschild, Spagnola & DiFazio, attorneys; Charles W. Miller on the joint letter-brief).
Respondent Evanston Insurance Co. relied on the argument of Stephen D. Cuyler (Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, attorneys; Thomas F. Quinn on the joint letter-brief).
Respondent Atlanta International Insurance Co. relied on the argument of Stephen D. Cuyler (Feuerstein, Sachs, Maitlin & Fleming, attorneys; Allan Maitlin on the joint letter-brief).
Smith, Stratton, Wise, Heher & Brennan submitted a brief on behalf of Amicus Curiae Insurance Environmental Litigation Association (Wendy L. Mager on the brief; Wiley, Rein & Fielding (Thomas W. Brunner, Marilyn E. Kerst, Frederick S. Ansel) of counsel).
Lowenstein, Sandler, Kohl, Fisher & Boylan submitted a brief on behalf of Amicus Curiae The American Petroleum Institute, The Chemical Manufacturers Association, CF & I Steel Corporation, International Business Machines Corporation, ICI Americas, Inc., Olin Corporation, Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Sandvik, Inc., and Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Gregory B. Reilly on the brief; Covington & Burling (William H. Allen, William F. Greaney, Kelly Knivila) and Kirkpatrick & Lockhart (Peter J. Kalis, Thomas M. Reiter, James V. Corbelli) of counsel).
Stickel, Koenig & Sullivan submitted a brief on behalf of Amicus Curiae New Jersey State League of Municipalities (Ralph J. Kmiec on the brief).
Hannoch Weisman submitted a brief on behalf of Amicus Curiae USR Industries, Inc., USR Metals, Inc., USR Lighting, Inc., Safety Light Corporation, USR Chemicals, Inc. and U.S. Natural Resources, Inc. (Irvin M. Freilich of counsel; Kevin J. Bruno on the brief).
Before Judges ANTELL, LONG and BAIME.
