OLIN CORP. v. INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA

No. 84 Civ. 1968(TPG).

972 F.Supp. 189 (1997)

OLIN CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

July 7, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Dvorkin, Anderson, Kill, Olick & Oshinsky, P.C., New York City, for Plaintiff.

John L. Alteri, Jr., O'Melveny & Myers, New York City, for Ins. Co. of North America.

Dale C. Christensen, Jr., Seward & Kissel, New York City, for Hanover Ins. Co.

Marian Hertz, Sheft & Sheft, New York City, for American Home Assurance, Lexington Ins. Co., Nat. Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh.

Barry G. Saretsky, Bower & Gardner, New York City, for American Re-Ins. Co., Continental Cas. Co.

Katherine B. Posner, Condon & Forsyth, New York City, for Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, London & Edinburgh Ins. Co. Ltd.

Robert Hammesfahr, Blatt, Hammesfahr & Eaton, Chicago, IL, for London Market Ins. Companies.

Richard H. Gimer, Hopkins & Sutter, Washington, DC, Ronald A. Uitz, Law Offices of Richard H. Gimer, Washington, DC, for Commercial Union Ins. Co.

Donna Hughes, D'Amato & Lynch, New York City, for Employers Ins. of Wausau.

Virginia White-Mahaffey, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, DC, for Federal Ins. Co.

Thomas G. De Luca, De Luca & Forster, White Plains, NY, for Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.

Lawrence L. Flynn, Gottesman, Wolgel, Secunda, Malamy & Flynn, New York City, for Great American Ins. Co.

Katherine B. Posner, Condon & Forsyth, New York City, Robert Hammesfahr, Blatt, Hammesfahr & Eaton, Chicago, IL, for North River Ins. Co.

Daniel A. Bartoldus, Rivkin, Radler & Kremer, Uniondale, NY, for Allstate Ins. Co.

Charles Witherwax, D'amato & Lynch, New York City, for Wausau Ins. Companies.


OPINION

GRIESA, Chief Judge.

This is an action by Olin Corporation against various insurance companies. Olin seeks to recover from these companies the costs of environmental clean-ups of various sites where it conducted operations. Olin is the successor to Mathieson Chemical Company and Olin Mathieson Corporation. For purposes of simplicity, reference will be made solely to "Olin."

The action was commenced in 1984. In addition to the sites...

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