PFIZER, INC., PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
v.
EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU, A MUTUAL COMPANY, ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, NORTHBROOK INDEMNITY COMPANY, AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, GRANITE STATE INSURANCE COMPANY, INSURANCE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA, NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY, FIDELITY & CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK, PACIFIC INSURANCE COMPANY, CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, BRITAMCO LTD., FORUM INSURANCE COMPANY, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY, INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, PRUDENTIAL REINSURANCE COMPANY, ROYAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY, TRANSAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY, UNIGARD SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, ARKWRIGHT INSURANCE COMPANY, ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, MARINE OFFICE OF AMERICA CORPORATION, AND JOHN DOES 1-10, DEFENDANTS, AND COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, THE HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS OF LLOYD'S, LONDON AND THE LONDON MARKET COMPANIES, CENTRAL NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF OMAHA, C.E. HEATH COMPENSATION & LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY, HIGHLANDS INSURANCE COMPANY AND CITY INSURANCE COMPANY, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued December 1, 1997.
Decided June 11, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Paul R. Koepff, a member of the New York bar, argued the cause for appellants Commercial Union Insurance Company, Insurance Company of North America, Century Indemnity Company as successor to CCI Insurance Company, as successor to INA, Alan Lloyd, on his own behalf and as a representative for Certain Underwriters of Lloyd's, London and Certain London Market Companies, Central National Insurance Company of Omaha with respect to policies issued through Cravens, Dargan & Company, Pacific Coast, as their Managing General Agent, C.E. Heath Compensation & Liability Insurance Company, Highlands Insurance Company with respect to policies issued through Cravens, Dargan & Company, Pacific Coast, as their Managing General Agent (Graham, Curtin & Sheridan, attorneys for Insurance Company of North America, Century Indemnity Company as successor to CCI Insurance Company, as successor to INA, Highlands Insurance Company with respect to policies issued through Cravens, Dargan & Company, Pacific Coast, as their Managing General Agent, Central National Insurance Company of Omaha with respect to policies issued through Cravens, Dargan & Company, Pacific Coast, as their Managing General Agent, Christie, Pabarue, Mortensen and Young attorneys for Commercial Union Insurance Company and C.E. Heath Compensation & Liability Insurance Company and Margolis Edelstein attorneys for Alan Lloyd, on his own behalf and as a representative for Certain Underwriters of Lloyd's, London and Certain London Market Companies; Mr. Koepff, Joseph R. McDonough, James W. Christie, III, Arthur J. Liederman, a member of the New York bar, and Bruce E. Barrett on the brief).
Jerrald J. Hochman submitted a brief on behalf of appellants The Home Insurance Company and The City Insurance Company (Sheft, Golub & Kamlet, attorneys).
Andrew T. Berry argued the cause for respondent (Killian & Salisbury and McCarter & English, attorneys; Eugene Killian, Jr., Jerold Oshinsky, a member of the District of Columbia bar, Edward Tessler and Lynda A. Bennett, on the brief).
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by O'HERN, J.
This is a multisite, multistate, environmental insurance coverage case. We granted leave to appeal in this action and in HM Holdings, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.,154 N.J. 208, 712 A.2d 645 (1998), and Unisys Corp. v. Insurance Co. of North America,154 N.J. 217
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