CITY OF BRONSON v. AMERICAN STATES INS

Docket No. 175170.

215 Mich. App. 612 (1996)

546 N.W.2d 702

CITY OF BRONSON v. AMERICAN STATES INSURANCE COMPANY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided February 27, 1996, at 9:20 A.M.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warner Norcross & Judd LLP (by Robert J. Jonker and Elizabeth M. Topliffe), for the City of Bronson.

Holahan, Malloy, Maybaugh & Monnich (by John R. Monnich and Maureen Holahan) (Bingham Summers Welsh & Spilman, by Martha S. Hollingsworth, of Counsel), for American States Insurance Company.

Timmis & Inman (by Mark W. Peyser), for Transamerica Insurance Company.

Amicus Curiae:

Kelley, Casey & Clarke, P.C. (by Stephen M. Kelley) (Wiley, Rein & Fielding, by Laura A. Foggan, Daniel E. Troy, and J. Stephen Zielezienski, of Counsel), for Insurance Environmental Litigation Association.

Before: HOEKSTRA, P.J., and MacKENZIE and R.L. TAHVONEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff purchased general liability insurance policies from each of defendant insurers at various times spanning from 1969 to 1985. In 1986, the United States Environmental Protection Agency sent plaintiff a letter claiming that plaintiff may be a party potentially responsible for environmental contamination at the North Bronson Industrial Area. Plaintiff subsequently filed this declaratory judgment action, seeking a ruling that defendants had a duty...

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