HEYMAN ASSOCIATES NO. 1 v. INSURANCE CO. OF PENNSYLVANIA

(14938)

231 Conn. 756 (1995)

HEYMAN ASSOCIATES NO. 1 v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released January 17, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerold Oshinsky, pro hac vice, with whom were Steven Berglass, Andrew M. Reidy, pro hac vice, and, on the brief, Michelle M. Jardine, pro hac vice, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Thomas J. Groark, Jr., with whom were Jonathan Tropp, Michael J. McManus, pro hac vice, and, on the brief, Frank Santoro, Kathleen Munroe, M. Elizabeth Medaglia, pro hac vice, and Richard S. Kuhl, pro hac vice, for the appellees (defendants).

Scott P. Moser, David J. Elliott, Laura A. Foggan, pro hac vice, Daniel E. Troy, pro hac vice, and John C. Yang, pro hac vice, filed a brief for the Insurance Environmental Litigation Association as amicus curiae.

PETERS, C. J., and CALLAHAN, BERDON, KATZ and PALMER, JS.


KATZ, J.

This appeal arises from a dispute over whether "absolute pollution" exclusions in the plaintiff's commercial liability policies with the defendants exclude coverage for damages caused by a fuel oil spill from the plaintiff's property into Stamford Harbor. The plaintiff, Heyman Associates No. 1, brought suit against the defendants, the Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania (ISOP) and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

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