Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John W. Fried (orally), Eugene R. Anderson, Joan L. Lewis, Anderson, Kill & Olick, P.C., New York City, and Philip C. Johnson, William H. Laubenstein, III, Johnson, Webbert & Laubenstein, Augusta, ME, for plaintiff.
Andrew H. Marks (orally), Mary C. Bryson, Todd Hutchen, Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC, and James E. Kaplan, Julianne Cloutier, Jensen, Baird, Gardner & Henry, Portland, ME, for CIGNA Specialty and Century Indem.
Stephen C. Ascher (orally), Lard, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, and Timothy C. Woodcock, Weatherbee, Woodcock, Burlock & Woodcock, Bangor, ME, for Ernest Moore and other Lloyd's names.
Doris Harnett, Cuddy & Lanham, Bangor, ME, and James P. Schaller, M. Elizabeth Medaglia, Richard W. Bryan, Donald L. Uttrich, Jackson & Campbell, Washington, DC, and Brian J. Coyle, Victor C. Harwood, III, Harwood Lloyd, Hackensack, NJ, for American Home, Birmingham Fire, Lexington, and National Union Fire.
Carl F. Rella, Anne-Marie L. Storey, Rella, Dostie & Tucker, P.A., Bangor, ME, and Gregory A. Krauss, Michelle Melin, Carr, Goodson & Lee, P.C., Washington, DC, for Continental/Harbor/Greenwich.
Frederick C. Moore, Gregory E. Smith, Robinson, Kriger & McCallum, Portland, ME, and Jordan M. Sklar, Scheft & Scheft, New York, NY, for Highlands Ins.
Thomas Schulten, Perkins, Thompson, Hinckley & Keddy, Portland, ME, for Allstate/Northbook.
John R. Linnell, Linnell, Choate & Webber, Auburn, ME, for AEGIS.
Alan S. Rutkin, John L. Rivkin, Peter P. McNamara, Anthony R. Gambardella, Rivlin, Radler & Kremer, Uniondale, NY, for Allstate/Northbook and AEGIS.
Theodore H. Kurtz, South Paris, ME, and Robert Marc Chemers, Daniel G. Willis, Pretzel & Stouffer, Chicago, IL, for Ranger Ins.
John C. Montgomery, Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, Portland, ME, and Gregory P. Deschenes, Dennis W. Duggan, Peabody & Brown, Boston, MA, for First State & Twin City Fire.
Mark G. Furey, Thompson, McNaboe, Ashley & Bull, Portland, ME, for American Re-Ins., Executive Re-Indem., American Excess.
R. Paul Roecker, Lori H. Watson, Fitzhugh & Associates, Boston, MA, for Home Ins.
Willard D. Pease, Crandall, Hanscom, Pease & Collins, Rockland, ME, and Vincent E. Reilly, McElroy, Deutsch & Mulvaney, Morristown, NJ, for International Surplus Lines.
Martha C. Gaythwaite, Friedman & Babcock, Portland, ME, and Timothy G. Reynolds, William J. Wright, Jr., Adam C. Rosenberg, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, for North Star Reinsurance.
John J. Wall, III, Christopher C. Dinan, Monaghan, Leahy, Hochadel & Libby, Portland, ME, and Allan Taylor, Taylor, Anderson & Travers, Boston, MA, for Unigard Security.
Severin M. Beliveau, Stephen E.F. Langsdorf, Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, LLC, Augusta, ME, and Stephen D. Strauss, Traub Eglin Lieberman Strauss, Hawthorne, NY, for Northwestern National.
Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, Dennis J. Harnish, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, ME, Andrew M. Horton, Verrill & Dana, Portland, ME, and Daniel E. Troy, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, amici curiae for Insurance Environmental Litigation Association.
Before WATHEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, RUDMAN and LIPEZ, JJ.
