SANDWICH CHEF OF TEXAS v. RELIANCE NAT. INDEMNITY INS. CO.

No. CIV.A.H-98-1484.

111 F.Supp.2d 867 (2000)

SANDWICH CHEF OF TEXAS, INC. D/B/A Wall Street Deli, for Themselves and for Others Plaintiffs, v. RELIANCE NATIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY F/K/A Planet Insurance Company Reliance Lloyds, Reliance National Insurance Company and United Pacific Insurance Company, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.

August 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Monroe Clearman, Michael D. Myers, McClanahan & Clearman, Houston, TX, Charles M Silver, Austin, TX, Susan Klein, Austin, TX, for Sandwich Chef of Texas Inc, dba Wall Street Deli, plaintiffs.

Van Harold Beckwith, Robert W Jordan, William Paul Johnson, Baker & Botts, Dallas, TX, for Reliance Nat. Indemnity Ins. Co., Reliance Insurance Company, Reliance Lloyds, Reliance National Insurance Company, United Pacific Insurance Company, defendants.

William R Pakalka, Richard N Carrell, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, for Home Ins. Co., defendant.

D Gibson Walton, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, Robert C Walters, Vinson & Elkins, Dallas, TX, for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Liberty Insurance Corporation.

Michael H Barr, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, New York, NY, Roger D Higgins, Thompson Coe et al, Dallas, TX, Margo Weinstein, Sonnenschein Nath et al, Chicago, IL, for American and Foreign Ins. Co., Globe Indem. Co., Royal Indem. Co., Royal Ins. Co. of America, Safeguard Ins. Co., defendants.

David J Schubert, Arter & Hadden, Dallas, TX, for Bituminous Casualty Corporation, Bituminous Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Great West Casualty Insurance Company, International Business & Mercantile Reassurance Company, Old Republic Insurance Company, defendants.

J Hampton Skelton, Skelton Woody & Arnold, Austin, TX, for North River Insurance Company, International Insurance Company, Westchester Fire Insurance Company, United States Fire Insurance Company, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Fidelity & Guaranty Insurance Underwriters Inc., defendants.

Brian Carl Newby, Forrest C. Roqan, Cantey Hanger et al, Austin, TX, Craig P Kalil, Aballi Milne et al, Miami, FL, for Industrial Endem. Co., defendant.

David T Moran, Jackson & Walker, Dallas, TX, for Chubb Indemnity Insurance Company, Chubb Lloyds Insurance Company of Texas, Federal Insurance Co, Great Northern Insurance Company, Northwestern Pacific Indemnity Company, Pacific Indemnity Co, Sun Insurance Office of America Inc, Texas Pacific Indemnity Company, Vigilant Insurance Company, defendants.

Patricia J Villareal, Jones Day et al, Dallas, TX, for Highlands Ins. Co., Highlands Underwriters Ins. Co., Highlands Cas. Co., Aberdeen Ins. Co., defendants.

Lyman Gary Hughes, Carrington Coleman et al, Dallas, TX, for Bankers Standard Insurance Company, Century Indemnity Company, Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, Insurance Company of North America, Pacific Employers Insurance Company, defendants.

Rowe W Snider, Lord Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, Ernest Ryan Higginbotham, Strasburger and Price, Dallas, TX, J Wiley George, Strasburger & Price, Houston, TX, Randall A Hack, Joseph E Coughlin, Lord Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, for Atlantic Insurance Company, the Automobile Insurance Company of Hartford Connecticut, the Charter Oak Fire Insurance Company, Farmington Casualty Company, Gulf Group Lloyds, Gulf Insurance Company, the Nippon Fire/Marine Insurance Company Ltd., U S Branch, the Phoenix Insurance Company, Select Insurance Company, the Standard Fire Insurance Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company fka Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America fka Aetna Casualty & Surety Company of America, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of Illinois fka Aetna Casualty & Surety Company of Illinois, the Travelers Indemnity Company, the Travelers Indemnity Company of America, the Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut fka the Travelers Indemnity Company of Rhode Island, the Travelers Indemnity Company of Illinois, the Travelers Insurance Company, Argonaut Insurance Company, defendants.

Michael Lowenberg, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, Dallas, TX, for Argonaut Ins. Co., Argonaut-Midwest Ins. Co., Argonaut Southwest Ins. Co., defendants.

Curtis L Frisbie, Jr, Gardere & Wynne, Dallas, TX, for American Home Assurance Company, Birmingham Fire Insurance Company of Pennsylvania, Commerce & Industry Insurance Company, Granite State Insurance Company, Illinois National Insurance Co., the Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, New Hampshire Insurance Co., defendants.

David L Orr, Kuperman Orr et al, Austin, TX, Michael L McCluggage, Wildman Harrold et al, Chicago, IL, for American Manufacturers Mut. Ins. Co., American Motorists Insurance Company, American Protection Insurance Company, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, defendants.

Joel W Mohrman, McGlinchey Stafford, Houston, TX, James R Safley, Robert J Gilbertson, Robins Kaplan et al, Minneapolis, MN, Thomas B Keegan, Robins Kaplan et al, Chicago, IL, for Emcasco Insurance Company, Employers Mutual Casualty Company, Farmland Mutual Insurance Company, Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Company, Nationwide Indemnity Insurance Company, Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Nationwide Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Scottsdale Indemnity Company, Middlesex Insurance Company, Sentry Insurance a Mutual Company, Employers Insurance of Wausau, a Mutual Company, Wausau Business Insurance Company, Wausau Underwriters Insurance Company, defendants.

John E Chapoton, Jr, Cunningham Darlow et al, Houston, TX, Michael L. McLuggage, Wildman Harrold et al., Chicago, IL, for Agricultural Ins Co, American Alliance Insurance Company, American National Fire Insurance Company, Great American Insurance Company, Mid-Continent Casualty Company, defendants.

John E Chapoton, Jr, Cunningham Darlow et al, Houston, TX, Eric J R Nichols, Beck Redden & Secrest, Houston, TX, Michael L. McCluggage, Brent R Austin, Wildman Harrold et al, Chicago, IL, for American Casualty Company of Reading, PA., Continental Casualty Company, National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Transcontinental Insurance Company, Transportation Insurance Company, Valley Forge Insurance Company, Boston Old Colony Insurance Company, Casualty Insurance Company of Texas, Commercial Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey, the Continental Insurance Company, the Fidelity and Casualty Insurance Company New York, Firemen's Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey, the Glens Falls Insurance Company, Kansas City Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Niagara Fire Insurance Company, defendants.

James L Sowder, Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, Dallas, TX, Roger D. Higgins, Thompson Coe et al., Dallas, TX,

Heather E Rennie, Eckert Seamans et al, David E Tungate, Eckert Seamans et al, Pittsburgh, PA, for American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Company, American Zurich Insurance Company, Zurich Insurance Company, Republic-Franklin Insurance Company, Utica Mutual Insurance Company, Utica National Insurance Company of Texas, Fairmont Insurance Company, Tig Insurance Company of Texas fka Transamerica Insurance Company of Texas, Tig Premier Insurance Company fka Transamerica Premier Insurance Company, Assurance Company of America, Maryland Casualty Company, Maryland Insurance Company fka American General Fire and Casualty Company, Northern Insurance Company of New York, Valiant Insurance Company, defendants.

James L Sowder, Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, Dallas, TX, Roger D. Higgins, Thompson Coe et al., Dallas, TX, Robert L Fleischman, Murphy Sheneman et al, San Francisco, CA, Rolf S Woolner, Murphy Sheneman et al, Los Angeles, CA, Mark A Olson, Robert A Julian, Murphy Sheneman et al, San Francisco, CA, for American Auto. Ins., Co., American Ins. Co., Associated Indem. Corp., Fireman's fund Ins. Co. Fireman's Fund Ins., Co. of Texas, Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. of Wisconsin, National Surety Corp., defendants.

Craig A Raabe, Robert A. Izard, Jr., Robinson & Cole, Hartford, CT, John M Skrhak, Looper Reed et al, Dallas, TX, for Connecticut Indem. Co., defendant.


ORDER

HITTNER, District Judge.

Pending before the Court is the Supplemental Motion for Summary Judgment (Document # 282) filed by Defendants. Having considered the motion, submissions, and application of law, together with the arguments of counsel at a hearing conducted by the Court on August 15, 2000, the Court determines that the motion for summary judgment should be denied.

Plaintiff Sandwich Chef of Texas, Inc. d/b/a Wall Street Deli ...

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