REGENT INS. CO. v. CITY OF MANITOWOC

No. 95-2401.

205 Wis.2d 450 (1996)

556 N.W.2d 405

REGENT INSURANCE COMPANY, and General Casualty Company of Wisconsin, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. CITY OF MANITOWOC, Defendant-Appellant, EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU, Viking Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Home Insurance Co., and the Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Arthur J. Harrington, James G. Schweitzer, and Michael B. Apfeld of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., of Milwaukee. There was oral argument by Michael B. Apfeld.

On behalf of the plaintiffs-respondents and defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the joint brief of Thomas N. Harrington and Laura E. Schuett of Cook & Franke, S.C., of Milwaukee, for Regent Insurance Company and General Casualty Company of Wausau; Richard M. Hagstrom and John C. Goodnow of Zelle & Larson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Employers Insurance of Wausau; W. Barton Chapin of Crivello, Carlson, Mentkowski & Steeves, S.C., of Milwaukee, for Viking Insurance Company of Wisconsin; Diana Young Morrissey of Faegre & Benson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Home Insurance Company; and Thomas R. Schrimpf of Hinshaw & Culbertson, of Milwaukee, for The Aetna Casualty & Surety Company. There was oral argument by Thomas N. Harrington and Richard M. Hagstrom.

Amicus Curiae brief was filed by James E. Doyle, attorney general, and Frank D. Remington, assistant attorney general, for the State of Wisconsin.

Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Fine and Schudson, JJ.


FINE, J.

The City of Manitowoc appeals from a judgment that Regent Insurance Company, General Casualty Company of Wisconsin, Employers Insurance of Wausau, Viking Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Home Insurance Company, and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company did not have to defend or indemnify Manitowoc for environmental cleanup costs under the terms of their comprehensive general liability and excess-insurance policies...

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