HOECHST CELANESE v. UNDERWR. AT LLOYD'S LON.

No. 329, 1994.

673 A.2d 164 (1996)

HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION and Celanese Engineering Resins, Inc., Corporations of the State of Delaware, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S LONDON; London Market Insurance Company; First State Insurance Co.; Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company; New England Insurance Co.; New England Reinsurance Co.; Twin City Fire Insurance Co., Defendants Below, Appellees/Cross-Appellants, and Fireman's Fund Insurance Company; North River Insurance Company, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: March 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Poole, James F. Burnett, David J. Baldwin and W. Harding Drane, Jr., Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington. Of counsel: Eugene R. Anderson, Jordan S. Stanzler (argued), Lorelie S. Masters, Jean M. Farrell and Koorosh Talieh, Anderson, Kill, Olick & Oshinsky, Washington, D.C., for Appellants/Cross-Appellees Hoechst Celanese Corporation and Celanese Engineering Resins, Inc.

James W. Semple and Neal C. Belgam, Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington. Of counsel: Laurence M. McHeffey and Gary S. Kull, McElroy, Deutsch & Mulvaney, Morristown, New Jersey, for Appellee North River Insurance Company.

Richard W. Pell and Joel R. Brown, Tybout, Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington. Of counsel: William J. Bowman (argued), and Patrick F. Hofer, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellees/Cross-Appellants First State Insurance Co., New England Insurance Co., New England Reinsurance Co., Twin City Fire Insurance Co. and Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company.

Francis J. Murphy, Jr., John S. Spadaro and Jonathan L. Parshall, Murphy, Welch & Spadaro, Wilmington, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London and London Market Insurance Companies.

Richard K. Herrmann and Mary Matterer, Esquire, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, Wilmington. Of counsel: William A. Savino, Stephen Smirti and James Stewart, Rivkin, Radler & Kremer, Uniondale, New York, for Appellee Fireman's Fund Insurance Company.

Before WALSH, HOLLAND, and HARTNETT, JJ.


HOLLAND, Justice:

This is an interlocutory appeal and cross-appeal following the granting of a motion for summary judgment in Superior Court in favor of the defendants-appellees/cross-appellants (the "Insurance Companies").1 This litigation arises from a series of third-party liability claims which have been made against the plaintiff-appellants/cross...

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