AMERICAN MOTORISTS INS. CO. v. THE GLIDDEN CO.

No. 00 Civ. 3787(JSR).

129 F.Supp.2d 640 (2001)

AMERICAN MOTORISTS INSURANCE COMPANY, Century Indemnity Company, as successor to CCI Insurance Company, as successor to Insurance Company of North America, Continental Casualty Company, Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, and Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, Plaintiffs, v. THE GLIDDEN COMPANY, SCM Corporation, HM Holdings, Inc., and Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

January 31, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Hilber, Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, Newark, NJ, of counsel, Judith Fournie Helms, Patrick Maloney, Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, Chicago, IL, Mary E. McPherson, Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, Los Angeles, CA, for American Motorists Insurance Company and Lumbermans Mutual Casualty Company.

William M. Billings, Peterson & Ross, New York City, of counsel, Brian A. Frankl, Cohn & Baughman, Chicago, IL, for Century Indemnity Company.

Joseph E. Kelly, Jr., Bivona & Cohen, P.C., New York City, of counsel, Elizabeth Sarah Gere, Charles A. Jones, Clinton E. Cameron, Ross, Dixon & Bell, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Continental Casualty Company.

Lyndon M. Tretter, John B. Dawson, Steven Edwards, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., New York City, of counsel, William Bowman, Patrick F. Hofer, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co.

William Passannante, Lauren B. Sobel, Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C., New York City, John Heintz, Richard Milone, John Heintz, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, Washington, DC, for SCM, HM Holdings.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

RAKOFF, District Judge.

Plaintiff insurance companies seek a declaratory judgment that they are not obligated to defend or indemnify defendant The Glidden Company ("Glidden") and other, associated defendants with respect to certain lawsuits and liabilities arising from defendants' sales of lead paint several decades ago. Because essentially the same issues are presently pending before...

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