AMERICAN NAT. RED CROSS v. TRAVELERS INDEM. CO.

Civil Action No. 91-2175 SSH.

924 F.Supp. 304 (1996)

AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS, Plaintiff, v. The TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY OF RHODE ISLAND, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Columbia.

May 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gil M. Strobel, J. Lloyd Horwich, Ronald G. Haron, Matthew J. Schlesinger, Gary N. Nunes, Peder A. Garske, Sherry W. Gilbert, Robert H. Shulman, Howrey & Simon (Edward L. Wolf, American Red Cross, of counsel), Karen Shoos Lipton (GC), Edward L. Wolf (Assoc. GC), American Red Cross, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Thomas R. Lotterman, Thomas R. Kline, Andrews & Kurth, Washington, DC, Joseph F. Tringali, Jeffrey G. Bullwinkel, Steven Z. Hodaszy, Daniel E. Reynolds, Marion S. Chan, Jeanne M. Farnan, Stephen V. Gimigliano, Nancy B. Mallery, Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett, New York City, Kenneth B. Katz, Hoberman & Pollach, Hartford, CT, John J. Kerr, Jr., Melany R. Gray, David B. Smallman, Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett, New York City, for Travelers Indemnity.

Robert E. Heggestad, Heggestad & Weiss, Washington, DC, for TransAmerica.

Douglas Sederholm, Richard Bortnick, White & Williams, Philadelphia, PA, Ed D'Andrea, Marlton, NJ, for CIGNA.

Nelson Deckelbaum, Deckelbaum, Ogens & Fisher, Washington, DC, Marian Hertz, Thomas Leonard, Sheft & Sheft, New York City, for 1st State Ins. Co.

M. Elizabeth Medaglia, Richard J. DeFeo, Jr., Jackson & Campbell, Washington, DC, Mark Cohen, McCormick & Epstein, Boston, MA, for Granite Ins. Co./Lexington Ins. Co.

Theodore A. Howard, Richard A. Ifft, Rosenman & Colin, Washington, DC, for RLI.

Daniel Karp, Denise Ramsburg Stanley, Allen, Johnson, Alexander & Karp, Baltimore, MD, for Scottsdale.

James W. Greene, Ann R. Rogers, Bromley, Greene & Walsh, Washington, DC, for Eric Reins. Co.

S. Robert Sutton, N. Richard Janis, Janis, Schuelke & Wechsler, Washington, DC, for Sentry Ins./Dairyland Ins. Co.

David F. Grimaldi, Martell, Donnelly, Grimaldi & Gallagher, Washington, DC, Richard M. Shusterman, E. Douglas Sederholm, Barbara S. Zellner, Richard J. Bortnick, White & Williams, Philadelphia, PA, for Ins. Co. of North America.

Janice Gail Murphy, Steven M. Levine, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Washington, DC, for Sedgwick James of VA, Inc.


OPINION

STANLEY S. HARRIS, District Judge.

Before the Court are defendant Travelers' motion to bifurcate trial in this case, plaintiff American Red Cross's ("ARC") opposition thereto, defendant Travelers' reply, and plaintiff's surreply. Several defendant excess insurance carriers (hereinafter excess insurers) (Transamerican, Insurance Company of North America, Granite State, Lexington, RLI, Eric Reinsurance,1 Sentry,...

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