CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, Colorado, a municipal corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, and
City of Littleton, Colorado, a municipal corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee,
v.
COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE COMPANIES, a/k/a Commercial Union Insurance Company, a/k/a Employer's Fire Insurance Company, a Massachusetts corporation; The Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, a Connecticut corporation; Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies, a California corporation; The American Insurance Company, a New Jersey corporation; Compass Insurance Company, a New York corporation; American States Insurance Company, an Indiana corporation; American Reinsurance Company, a/k/a American Excess Insurance Company, a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellees, and
Guaranty National Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant.
Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. V.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 11, 1996.
As Modified on Denial of Rehearing December 5, 1996.
Certiorari Granted July 28, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Martin Semple, Acting City Attorney, Daniel L. Brotzman, Assistant City Attorney, Englewood, Anderson, Kill, Olick & Oshinsky, P.C., Edward M. Joyce, Roberto Velez, Mayda Prego, Michelle Perez, New York City, for Plaintiff-Appellant City of Englewood.
Berkowitz, Brady & Backus, P.C., Larry W. Berkowitz, William J. Brady, Denver, for Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee City of Littleton.
Montgomery, Green, Jarvis, & Kolodny, James K. Green, Joyce L. Jenkins, Denver, for Defendant-Appellee Commercial Union Assurance Companies, a/k/a Commercial Union Insurance Company.
Pryor, Carney and Johnson, P.C., Joanne M. Zboyan, Englewood, for Defendant-Appellee Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, a Connecticut corporation.
Cook, Kotel & Fitch, Randy D. Kotel, Denver, Kaufman & Logan, W. Martin Tellegen, Jeffrey S. Gubernick, San Francisco, California, for Defendant-Appellee Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies, a California corporation.
Cooper & Clough, P.C., John E. Clough, Denver, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Stephen D. Straus, New York City, for Defendant-Appellee Compass Insurance Company, a New York corporation.
Anderson, Campbell & Laugesen, P.C., Richard W. Laugesen, Denver, Bingham, Summers, Welsh & Spilman, Martha S. Hollingsworth, James M. Hinshaw, Indianapolis, Indiana, for Defendant-Appellee American States Insurance Company, an Indiana corporation.
Law Office of Diana L. Terry, Diana L. Terry, Denver, for Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant Guaranty National Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation.
Law Firm of Kevin S. Hannon, Kevin S. Hannon, Denver, Gorsuch Kirgis L.L.C., Peter R. Nadel, Denver, for Amicus Curiae Colorado Trial Lawyers Association.
Inman Flynn & Biesterfeld, P.C., Joel A. Moritz, Richard P. Brentlinger, Michael J. Glade, Robert J. Thomas, Denver, for Amicus Curiae Colorado Municipal League.
White & Steele, P.C., Frederick W. Klann, George A. Codding, III, Denver, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Laura A. Foggan, John E. Barry, Russell Sullivan, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Insurance Environmental Litigation Association.
Long & Jaudon, Dennis W. Brown, Denver, Harwood Lloyd, Edward Zampino, Victor C. Harwood, III, Peter E. Mueller, Hackensack, New Jersey, for Amicus Curiae Aetna Casualty and Surety Company.
No Appearance for Defendant-Appellee American Insurance Company, a New Jersey corporation.
Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. V.
Opinion by Judge ROTHENBERG.
In this consolidated appeal, plaintiffs, City of Littleton and City of Englewood (cities), appeal from a summary judgment in favor of defendants, Commercial Union Assurance Companies, a/k/a Commercial Union Insurance Company, a/k/a Employer's Fire Insurance Company (Commercial Union); the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company (Hartford); Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies (Fireman's Fund); the American Insurance Company (American); Compass...
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