ESSEX CHEMICAL CORP. v. HARTFORD ACC. AND INDEM. CO.

Civil Action No. 93-3438(JCL).

975 F.Supp. 650 (1997)

ESSEX CHEMICAL CORPORATION and Essex Specialty Products, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

May 23, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Chesler, Michael J. McDonald, Lowenstein, Sandler, Kolh, Fisher & Boylan, Roseland, NJ, for Essex Chemical Corp.

Robert D. Chesler, Lowenstein, Sandler, Kolh, Fisher & Boylan, Roseland, NJ, for Essex Specialty Products, Inc.

Grace C. Guiffdrida, Melito & Adolfsen, P.C., New York City, for Hartford Acc. and Indem. Co.

Frances J. Phillips, Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, New York City, for Westport Ins. Corp.

William E. McGrath, Jr., Smith, Stratton, Wise, Heher & Brennan, PC, Princeton, NJ, Honora M. Keane, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Newark, NJ, for Home Indem. Co.

Ernest Douglas Sederholm, Guy A. Cellucci, White and Williams, Westmont, NJ, for Insurance Co.

Antonio D. Favetta, Garrity, Graham, Hawkins & Favetta, PC, Montclair, NJ, for Lexington Ins. Co.

Stephen D. Cuyler, Cuyler Burk, Parsippany Corp. Center, Parsippany, NJ, for Northbrook Ins. Co.

Lila Wynne Williams, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, PC, Cherry Hill, NJ, for Puritan Excess & Surplus Lines Ins. Co.

Gerald A. Hughes, Hughes & Hendrix, PC, Trenton, NJ, for Zurich Ins. Co.


OPINION

HEDGES, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs Essex Chemical Corporation and Essex Specialty Products, Inc. ("Essex") seek an order disqualifying all defense counsel due to the existence of a conflict of interest.1 Alternatively, Essex requests that I direct all defense counsel to respond to interrogatories which pertain to...

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