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REICHHOLD CHEMICALS, INC. v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY CO.

(SC 15698)

243 Conn. 401 (1997)

REICHHOLD CHEMICALS, INC. v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released December 23, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. Brady, with whom were Barry J. Fleishman, pro hac vice, and, on the brief, Elizabeth J. Stewart and Leon B. Kellner, pro hac vice, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Stephen A. Fennell, pro hac vice, with whom were John B. Farley and, on the brief, Steven J. Barber, pro hac vice, John W. Lemega, John L. Altieri, Jr., Ralph P. DeSanto, pro hac vice, Michael T. Ryan, Kathleen F. Munroe, R. Cornelius Danaher, Frederick B. Tedford, Sheldon Karasik, pro hac vice, and John T. Harris, for the appellees (defendant Home Insurance Company et al.).

Callahan, C. J., and Borden, Berdon, Norcott, Katz, Palmer and McDonald, JS.

Opinion

CALLAHAN, C. J.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether the trial court properly applied New York law to the facts of this insurance coverage dispute. We conclude that it did not.

The record reveals the following uncontroverted facts and procedural history. On October 6, 1988, the plaintiff, Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., brought an action against sixteen insurance companies from which it had purchased primary1...

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