METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. v. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO.

(SC 16006)

249 Conn. 36 (1999)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released May 25, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. Brady, with whom were Randy K. Paar, pro hac vice, and, on the brief, Jerold Oshinsky, pro hac vice, Everett E. Newton, David L. Elkind, pro hac vice, Eugene Anderson, pro hac vice, and Mark Garbowski, pro hac vice, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Stephen A. Fennell, pro hac vice, with whom were John B. Farley and, on the brief, Errol R. Patterson, pro hac vice, and Shannen W. Coffin, pro hac vice, for the appellees (defendant The Home Insurance Company et al.).

William C. Eustace and John E. Heintz filed a brief for Lone Star Industries, Inc., et al. as amici curiae.

Berdon, Norcott, Katz, Palmer and McDonald, Js.


Opinion

BERDON, J.

This is an interlocutory appeal by the plaintiff, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, from the discovery order of the trial court requiring the plaintiff to disclose certain documents in an insurance coverage dispute between the plaintiff and the defendants,1 the plaintiffs second level excess general liability insurers. The two dispositive issues on appeal are: (1) whether this court has jurisdiction...

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