OLIN CORP. v. INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA

No. 84 Civ.1968(TPG).

986 F.Supp. 841 (1997)

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

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

December 24, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerold Oshinsky, Stephen A. Dvorkin, Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, New York City, Joseph C. Garni, Chief Counsel, Olin Corp., Norwalk, CT, for Olin Corp.

John Altieri, Paul R. Koepff, Charles W. Fournier, O'Melveny & Myers, New York City, for INA.

Wm. Gerald McElroy, Jr., Catherine M. Colinvaux, Zelle & Larson, Waltham, MA, Jerome Murray, Donna Marie Hughes, New York City, for Employers Ins. of Wausau, A Mut. Corp.

Daniel A. Bartoldus, Ginamarie T. Alvino, Rivkin, Radler & Kremer, Uniondale, NY, for Allstate Ins. Co., as Successor to Northbrook Excess and Surplus Ins. Co.

James W. Greene, Bromley, Greene & Walsh, Washington, DC, Jonathan Gardner, Goodkind Labaton Rudoff & Sucharow LLP, New York City, for American Re-Insurance Co., Continental Cas. Co. and Harbor Ins. Co.

David M. Raim, Ellen H. Woodbury, Chadbourne & Parke, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Nat. American Ins. Co. of California, as Successor to Stuyvesant Ins. Co.

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

Richard H. Gimer, Ronald Uitz, Law Offices of Richard H. Gimer, Washington, DC, Theodore M. Greenberg, Aaron Locker, Locker, Greenberg & Brainin, New York City, for Falcon Ins. Co./Commercial Union Ins. Companies/C.E. Heath Compensation and Liability Ins. Co.

Howard B. Epstein, Schulte, Roth & Zabel LLP, New York City, Marian S. Hertz, Sheft, Golub & Kamlet, New York City, James P. Schaller, M. Elizabeth Medaglia, Richard Bryan, Jackson & Campbell, P.C., Washington, DC, for American Home Assur. Co./Lexington Ins. Co./Nat. Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh (Excess)/Franite State Ins. Co.

Marc H. Pillinger, Smith, Mazure, Director & Wilkins, New York City, Howard B. Epstein, Shultze Roth & Zabel LLP, New York City, for Nat. Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh (Primary).

Patrick T. Walsh, Brent J. Graber, Blatt, Hammesfahr & Eaton, Chicago, IL, Michael J. Holland, Katherine B. Posner, Condon & Forsyth, for Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London and Certain London Market Ins. Companies, London & Edinburgh Ins. Co. and North River Ins. Co.

Jennifer A. Wolfe, Bodian & Eames, L.L.P., New York City, for AETNA Cas. & Sur. Co.

Virginia L. White-Mahaffey, James S. Felt, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, DC, Joseph DeDonato, Morgan, Melhuish, Monaghan, Arvidson, Abrutyn & Lisowski, New York City, for Home Ins. Co.

Alexander H. Gillespie, Matthew G. Finnegan, Gilbert & Kurent, Washington, DC, Brian R. Ade, Gilberg & Kurent, New York City, for Firemen Ins. Co.

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

James Stapleton, Stefan Underhill, Carol Chow, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, Washington, DC, Suzanne Chalpin Alenick, LeBouef, Lamb, Green & MacRae, New York City, for Government Employees Ins. Co.(GEICO).

Robert W. Mullenberg, McElroy, Deutsch & Mulvaney, Morristown, NJ, for North River Ins. Co.


OPINION

GRIESA, District Judge.

THE COURT: These are my findings and conclusions with respect to one of the issues left open in my July 3, 1997 opinion,* that is, whether Olin must be deemed to be a self-insurer during the years 1971 to 1985.

I am going to start by repeating something I just said in my discussion with Mr. Fournier, but let me go back to the jury verdict before I do that.

We must start with...

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