UMC/STAMFORD v. ALLIANZ UNDERWRITERS


276 N.J. Super. 52 (1994)

647 A.2d 182

UMC/STAMFORD, INC., ET AL., PLAINTIFFS, v. ALLIANZ UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY, HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY COMPANY, FIRST STATE INSURANCE COMPANY, TWIN CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY, SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, LONDON MARKET INSURERS, OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY, UTICA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Essex County.

Decided March 16, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Dore, Arthur H. Saiewitz & Rosemary E. Ramsay, for plaintiffs (Lowenstein, Sandler, Kohl, Fisher & Boylan, attorneys)

Nina Lynn Caroselli, for defendant Home Insurance Company (Morgan, Melhuish, Monaghan, Arvidson, Abrutyn & Lisowski, attorneys)

Robert F. Walsh, for defendants Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, First State Insurance Company and Twin City Fire Insurance Company (Siff Rosen, P.C., attorneys)

Bruce A. Tritsch, for defendant Allstate Insurance Company, formerly Northbrook Insurance Company (Feinberg and Tritsch, attorneys); Vincent S. Ziccolella, for defendant Allstate Insurance Company (Gleason, McGuire & Shreffler, attorneys)

Elizabeth M. DeCristofaro, for defendant Continental Casualty Company (Ford, Marrin, Esposito, Witmeyer & Gleser, attorneys)

Marian S. Hertz, for defendant Republic Insurance Company (Sheft & Sheft, attorneys)

Richard S. Mannella, for defendant Security Insurance Company of Hartford, individually, and as successor by merger to United States Casualty Company (Manta and Welge, attorneys)

Diane Di Franco, for defendant London Market Insurers (Mendes & Mount, attorneys)

Jeffrey A. Walder, for defendant Old Republic Insurance Company (Walder, Sondak, Berkeley & Brogan, attorneys)

Joseph L. Ruby, for defendant Utica Mutual Insurance Company (Wiley, Rein & Fielding, attorneys)


FUENTES, JULIO M., J.S.C.

This opinion summarizes a number of pretrial rulings made in this environmental insurance coverage case. Plaintiffs, UMC/Stamford, Inc., UniDynamics Corporation, et al. (UMC) seek judgment against various insurance companies declaring that they must provide coverage under certain multiple policies of insurance, including certain excess policies for claims against plaintiff which arise out of...

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