SYLVESTER BROTHERS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, d/b/a East Bethel Landfill, Appellant,
v.
GREAT CENTRAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants,
The Federated Mutual Insurance Company, Respondent,
Commercial Union Insurance Company, et al., Respondents,
North River Insurance Company, a/k/a U.S. Insurance Group, Respondent.
Auto-Owners Insurance Company, Respondent,
Interstate Fire & Casualty Company, Respondent.
Court of Appeals of Minnesota.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 28, 1992.
Review Denied March 26, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Forest D. Nowlin, Gary Hansen, Dawn L. Gagne, Timothy J. Dolan, Doherty, Rumble & Butler, P.A., St. Paul, for Sylvester Bros., Development Co. d/b/a East Bethel Landfill.
James Jardine, Joseph T. Treanor, Jardine, Logan & O'Brien, St. Paul, for Great Cent. Ins. Co., et al., and Federated Mut. Ins. Co.
John M. Anderson, Charles E. Lundberg, Bassford, Heckt, Lockhart, Truesdell & Briggs, P.A., Minneapolis, for Commercial Union Ins. Co., et al.
B.C. Hart, David E. Bergquist, Fabyanske, Svoboda, Westra, Holper & Davis, Minneapolis, Stephen H. Cohen, McElroy, Deutsch & Mulvaney, Morristown, N.J., for North River Ins. Co., a/k/a U.S. Ins. Group.
James A. Reding, Sylvia Ivey Zinn, Reding & Votel, St. Paul, for Auto-Owners Ins. Co.
Dale O. Thornsjo, Peterson & Hektner, Ltd., Minneapolis, for Interstate Fire & Cas. Co.
David E. Herr, Mary R. Vasaly, Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, Minneapolis, for amicus curiae East Bethel PRP Group.
Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Stephen Shakman, Barbara Lindsey Sims, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., St. Paul, for amicus curiae State of Minn.
Larry D. Espel, Thomas J. Barrett, Thomas C. Mielenhausen, Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., Minneapolis, for amici curiae Honeywell, Inc., et al.
Michael Berens, Andrea L. Sahlin, Kelly & Berens, P.A., Minneapolis, and Thomas W. Brunner, Carol Barthel, James M. Johnstone, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Ins. Environmental Litigation Assoc.
Robert M. Austin, Lauris A. Heyerdahl, Austin & Abrams, Minneapolis, and Diane L. Jennings, John B. Haarlow, Stephen M. Murray (of counsel), Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Ill., pro hac Vice, for amicus curiae John Richard Lundbrook Youell.
Considered and decided by SHORT, P.J., and SCHUMACHER, and KLAPHAKE, JJ.
Court of Appeals of Minnesota.
OPINION
SHORT, Judge.
This action involves the question of insurance coverage for groundwater contamination caused by the leaching of pollutants from a landfill. Appellant Sylvester Brothers Development Company (the operator) brought an action for declaratory judgment against its general and excess insurance carriers to determine which of the insurance companies were liable to pay the costs of remedying the environmental damage. The operator reached settlement...
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