Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
George F. Kugler, Jr., argued the cause for appellant and cross-respondent (Archer & Greiner, attorneys; Mr. Kugler, Edward C. Laird, and Gary J. Lesneski, on the briefs).
Elliott Abrutyn argued the cause for respondent General Accident Insurance Company of America (Morgan, Melhuish, Monaghan, Arvidson, Abrutyn & Lisowski, attorneys; Mr. Abrutyn and Timothy Saia, on the brief).
William S. Wachenfeld argued the cause for respondent Affiliated FM Insurance Company (Mendes & Mount, attorneys for Affiliated FM Insurance Company, and DeCotiis & Pinto, attorneys for First State Insurance Company; Mr. Wachenfeld, Rosemary A. Juster, James A. Farber, and Robert F. Walsh, on the brief).
John C. Sullivan argued the cause for respondent and cross-appellant Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Manta and Welge, attorneys).
Paul R. Koepff, a member of the New York Bar, argued the cause for respondents and cross-appellants Underwriters at Lloyd's London, and certain subscribing London Market Insurance Companies (Ronca, McDonald & Hanley, attorneys for Underwriters at Lloyd's London; Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Ferdon, attorneys for Insurance Company of North America; and Golden, Rothschild, Spagnola & DiFazio, attorneys for American Home Assurance Co.; Mr. Koepff, Robert J. Kovacs, Paul A. Leodori, W. Cary Edwards, Stephen V. Kovarik, and Charles W. Miller, III, of counsel).
Eugene R. Anderson, a member of the New York Bar, argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey State League of Municipalities (Stickel, Koenig & Sullivan and Anderson, Kill, Olick & Oshinsky, attorneys; Mr. Anderson, John A. MacDonald, Ralph J. Kmiec, and Michael A. Pane, of counsel; Mr. MacDonald and Fred G. Stickel, III, on the brief).
Richard F. Engel, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae State of New Jersey (Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mary C. Jacobson, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel; Karen L. Jordan and John F. Dickinson, Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, on the brief).
John P. Cascio submitted a letter in lieu of brief on behalf of respondent Continental Casualty Company (Chasan, Leyner, Tarrant & Lamparello, attorneys).
Clyde A. Szuch, Donald W. Kiel, Paul E. Breene, Michael L. Rodburg, Albert G. Besser, and Jerry Fitzgerald English submitted a brief on behalf of amici curiae Allied Signal, Inc., The American Fiber Manufacturers Association, The American Petroleum Institute, Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Athlone Industries, Inc., The BOC Group, Inc., The Chemical Manufacturers Association, Hanson Industries, International Business Machines Corporation, J.T. Baker, Inc., Nestle Food Company, Olin Corporation, Public Service Electric & Gas Company, Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., Rohm and Haas Company, Safety Light Corporation, Sandvik, Inc., Schering-Plough Corporation, USR Industries Inc., Warner-Lambert Company, Waste Management, Inc., and Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Hannoch Weisman, attorneys for The American Fiber Manufacturers Association, The American Petroleum Institute, The Chemical Manufacturers Association, International Business Machines Corporation, Olin Corporation, Rohm and Haas Company, Hanson Industries, Safety Light Corporation, and USR Industries, Inc.; Anderson, Kill, Olick & Oshinsky, attorneys for Allied-Signal, Inc., The BOC Group, Inc., Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., and Schering-Plough Corporation; Lowenstein, Sandler, Kohl, Fisher & Boylan, attorneys for Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Kerby, Cooper, English, Danis & Garvin, attorneys for Waste Management, Inc.).
Victor C. Harwood, III, submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Aetna Casualty & Surety Company (Harwood Lloyd, attorneys; Mr. Harwood, Brian J. Coyle, and Edward Zampino, on the brief).
Wendy L. Mager submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Insurance Environmental Litigation Association (Smith, Stratton, Wise, Heher, Brennan, attorneys).
