E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, Plaintiff,
v.
ADMIRAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants.
Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted: August 11, 1995.
Decided: August 23, 1995.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Charles S. Crompton, Jr. and Richard L. Horwitz of Potter, Anderson & Corroon and Richard Allen Paul and Erin Kelly of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington and Peter J. Kalis, Michael J. Lynch, Stephanie A.J. Dangel and Carolyn M. Branthoover of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for plaintiff E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company.
Anthony G. Flynn of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, coordinating counsel for defendants.
Donald L. Gouge, Jr. of Heiman, Aber & Goldlust, Wilmington and James E. Rocap, III, Stephen L. Braga, Scott L. Nelson and Cynthia Thomas Calvert of Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, Washington, D.C. and Roy L. Reardon and Robert F. Cusumano of Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for Aetna Casualty and Surety Company on behalf of Certain Defendants.
Robert J. Katzenstein of Smith, Katzenstein & Furlow, Wilmington, for Allstate Insurance Company.
Warren B. Burt of Burt & Burt, Wilmington, for Federal Insurance Company.
Norman M. Monhait and Carmella P. Keener of Rosenthal, Monhait, Gross & Goddess, Wilmington, and Stephen A. Fennell, Steven J. Barber and Hania E. Farah of Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D.C., for the Home Insurance Company and on behalf of Certain Defendants.
Anthony G. Flynn of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, and Marjorie H. Mintzer and Ellen G. Margolis of Sheft & Sheft, New York City, for Lexington Insurance Company.
Richard K. Herrmann and Scott R. Harrison of Bayard, Handelman & Murdoch, P.A., Wilmington, for National Casualty Company.
Anthony G. Flynn of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington and Kimball Ann Lane and Patricia Dee Bilka of Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, New York City, for St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company.
Richard K. Herrmann and Scott R. Harrison of Bayard, Handelman & Murdoch, P.A., Wilmington, for Swiss Reinsurance Company.
Judith Nichols Renzulli of Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Wilmington and Bert W. Rein, Richard L. McConnell and Lon A. Berk of Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, D.C., for Travelers Indemnity Company.
Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County.
OPINION
STEELE, Vice Chancellor.
Plaintiff E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company ("DuPont") filed this action against Admiral Insurance Company and numerous other insurance companies seeking a declaration of the parties' rights, duties and liabilities under umbrella and excess liability insurance policies issued to DuPont by the defendants from 1967 to 1986.1 DuPont also
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