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 and Surplus Insurance Company, Formerly Northbrook Insurance Company; Commercial Union Insurance Company, as Successor to Employers Surplus Lines Insurance Company; the Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation Ltd.; European General Reinsurance Company; Gerling Konzern Allegemaine Versicherungs Acktiengesellschaft; Swiss Reinsurance Co., Ltd., Home Insurance Company, The Home Insurance Co., Defendants Below, Appellees.
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Submitted: March 4, 1997.
Decided: May 30, 1997.
Revised: June 4, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Charles S. Crompton, Jr., and Richard L. Horwitz, of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, and Richard Allen Paul, and Erin Kelly, of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington; Peter J. Kalis, Michael J. Lynch, and Carolyn M. Branthoover, of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, L.L.P., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, of counsel, for Appellant.
Robert J. Katzenstein, and Laurence V. Cronin, of Smith, Katzenstein & Furlow, Wilmington, for Appellee Allstate Insurance Company.
Henry E. Gallagher, Jr., of Connolly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz, Wilmington; James A.A. Pabarue, Ralph J. Luongo, and Susan K. Keyack, of Christie, Pabarue, Mortensen and Young, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of counsel, 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, of Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, Wilmington, for Appellees European General Reinsurance Company, Gerling Konzern Allegemain Versicherungs Acktiengesellschaft, and Swiss Reinsurance Company, Ltd.
Carmella P. Keener, of Rosenthal, Monhait, Gross & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington; Stephen A. Fennell, and Steven J. Barber, of Steptoe & Johnson, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., of counsel, for Appellees the Home Insurance Company.
Michael B. Keehan, James F. Davis, and Vera M. Holmes, of Hercules Incorporated, Wilmington; Jerold Oshinsky, Mark H. Kolman, and Kent T. Withycombe, of Dickstein Shapiro Moriu & Oshinsky, Washington, D.C., of counsel, for Amicus Curiae Hercules Incorporated.
Francis J. Murphy, and Jonathan L. Parshall, of Murphy Welch & Spadaro, Wilmington; John G. McAndrews, and Dean J. Vigliano, of Mendes & Mount, L.L.P., New York City, of counsel for Amicus Curiae London Market Insurers.
Clifford B. Hearn, Jr., of Clifford B. Hearn, Jr., P.A., Wilmington; Edward Zampino, of Cozen and O'Connor, New York City, of counsel, for Amicus Curiae the American Insurance Association.
C. Scott Reese, of Cooch and Taylor, Wilmington, for Amicus Curiae Insurance Environmental Litigation Association.
Robert S. Kuehl, Deputy Attorney General, Wilmington, Delaware, for Amicus Curiae State of Delaware.
Before VEASEY, C.J., and WALSH and BERGER, JJ.
Supreme Court of Delaware.
BERGER, Justice:
This is an appeal over the proper construction of pollution exclusion provisions in general liability insurance policies issued to E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. The Superior Court held that pollution claims against DuPont at specified sites are excluded from coverage because the discharges of pollutants were not "sudden," "accidental," or "unintended and unexpected." We agree with the Superior Court...
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