E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY, a corporation of the State of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellant,
v.
ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, as successor to Northbrook Excess & Surplus Insurance Company, formerly Northbrook Insurance Company; Commercial Union Insurance Co. as successor to Employers' Surplus Lines Insurance Co.; The Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., d/b/a Commercial Union Insurance Co., European General Reinsurance Co., Gerling Konzern Allegemaine Versicherungs-Acktiengesellschaft; The Home Ins. Co.; Swiss Reinsurance, Ltd., and The Travelers Indemnity Co., Defendants Below, Appellees.
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Submitted: September 4, 1996.
Decided: October 16, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Charles S. Crompton, Jr. and Richard L. Horwitz, Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Richard Allen Paul and Erin Kelly, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington (Peter J. Kalis (argued), Michael J. Lynch and Thomas M. Reiter, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Pittsburgh, PA, of counsel), for Appellant.
Judith Nichols Renzulli, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Wilmington (Robert F. Cusumano (argued), Lynn K. Neuner and Elizabeth D. Smith, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, and Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, of counsel), for Appellee The Travelers Indemnity Company.
Laurence V. Cronin and Brett D. Fallon, Smith, Katzenstein & Furlow, Wilmington, for Appellee Allstate Insurance Company as successor to Northbrook Excess & Surplus Insurance Company, formerly Northbrook Insurance Company.
Henry E. Gallagher, Jr., Connolly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz, Wilmington, for Appellees Commercial Union Insurance Company, as Successor to Employers' Surplus Lines Insurance Company and The Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd.
Richard K. Herrmann and Mary B. Matterer, Stadley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, L.L.P., Wilmington (Arthur J. Liederman and Anthony J. LaPorta, Standard Weisberg, P.C., New York City, of counsel), for Appellees European General Reinsurance Company, Gerling-Konzern Allegemaine Versicherungs Acktiengesellschaft and Swiss Reinsurance Company.
Carmella P. Keener, Rosenthal, Monhait, Gross & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington (Stephen Fennell and Steven J. Barber, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, DC, of counsel), for Appellee The Home Insurance Company.
C. Scott Reese, Cooch and Taylor, Wilmington, for Amicus Curiae Insurance Environmental Litigation Association.
Before VEASEY, C.J., WALSH and BERGER, JJ.
Supreme Court of Delaware.
WALSH, Justice:
This is an interlocutory appeal from a Superior Court decision which granted partial summary judgment against the appellant plaintiff-below, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company ("DuPont") and at the same time denied DuPont's motion for partial summary judgment. We granted interlocutory review to resolve important questions of first impression involving coverage under comprehensive general liability policies...
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