AMERICAN STATES INS. CO. v. KIGER

No. 32S05-9409-CV-836.

662 N.E.2d 945 (1996)

AMERICAN STATES INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant (Third-Party Defendant below), v. Vincent A. KIGER and Maria L. Kiger d/b/a Kiger's Sunoco, Appellees (Third-Party Plaintiffs below), v. COMMISSIONER, INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry C. Cope, American States Insurance Company, Tammy J. Meyer, Martha S. Hollingsworth, Bingham, Summers, Welsh & Spilman, Indianapolis, for Appellant.

James E. Rocap, Michael D. Ramsey, Rocap, Witchger & Threlkeld, John G. McAndrews, Dean J. Vigliano, Mendes & Mount, New York City, for amici curiae London Market Insurers.

Edward Zampino, Peter E. Mueller, Victor C. Harwood, III, Harwood Lloyd, Hackensack, NJ, Norman T. Funk, Hill, Fulwider, McDowell, Funk & Matthews, Indianapolis, for amici curiae The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company.

Lee B. McTurnan, Steven M. Badger, McTurnan & Turner, Indianapolis, Laura A. Foggan, Roberta B. Bell, William G. Miller, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, for amici curiae the Insurance Environmental Litigation Association.

George Plews, Peter M. Racher, Jeffrey Claflin, Plews Shadley Racher & Braun, Indianapolis, for Appellees.

Anita Kimmell, Office of Attorney General, Indianapolis, for Appellee (Plaintiff Below), Indiana Department of Environmental Management.

Christopher G. Scanlon, Kevin M. Toner, Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, for amici curiae Indiana Manufacturers Association.

Lawrence A. Vanore, Sommers & Barnard, P.C., Indianapolis, Eugene R. Anderson, Mayda Prego, Anderson Kill Olick & Oshinsky, P.C., New York City, for amici curiae Indiana Oil Marketers Association and the Indiana Chapter of the National Solid Wastes Management Association.

Richard M. Schumacher, Corporate Counsel, Northern Indiana Public Service Company, Merrillville, Lester O. Brown, Kenneth A. Remson, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Los Angeles, CA, for amici curiae the Indiana Gas and Electric Utilities.

Stephen R. Pennell, Stuart & Branigan, Lafayette, IN, for amici curiae Great Lakes Chemical Corp.


ON EMERGENCY PETITION TO TRANSFER

DeBRULER, Justice.

This case comes before the Court on emergency petition to transfer. Ind.Appellate Rule 4(A)(9). Appellant American States Insurance Company ("American States") appeals from a denial of its motion for summary judgment and a grant of Appellees Vincent and Maria Kiger's ("Kiger") cross-motion for summary judgment. The original claim for damages/reimbursement for clean-up costs was brought by appellee the...

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