METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. AETNA CAS. & SUR.

No. 97-CA-00413-SCT

728 So.2d 573 (1999)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY; City Insurance Company; Home Insurance Company; National Union Fire Insurance Company Of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 14, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene R. Anderson, New York City, Randy Parr, Indianapolis, IN, Mark Garbowski, New York City, Jerold Oshinsky, David Elkind, Elizabeth A. Sherwin, Washington, DC, Richard G. Noble, Indianapolis, IN, Frank O. Crosthwait, Jr., Attorneys for Appellant.

Thomas J. Groard, Kathleen D. Monnes, Hartford, CT, Michael K. Randolph, Mark A. Nelson, Hattiesburg, Raymond L. Brown, W. Mark Edwards, Pascagoula, Stephen A. Fennell, Washington, DC, Mary Woodson Poag, Karl R. Steinberger, Pascagoula, Attorneys for Appellees.

BEFORE SULLIVAN, P.J., MILLS and WALLER, JJ.


SULLIVAN, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal arises from the lower court's dismissal of the current action on January 7, 1997, based on the doctrine of interstate forum non conveniens. The current action was filed on October 12, 1995, in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Mississippi. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (hereafter MetLife) sought a declaration that it is entitled to insurance coverage based on excess policies issued to MetLife by...

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