QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff,
v.
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA., et al., Defendants.
Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted December 9, 2002.
Decided December 20, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Philip A. Rovner, Gregory A. Inskip, Matthew E. Fisher, Potter Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Delaware; Carolyn H. Rosenberg, Mark S. Hersh, Duane F. Sigelko, Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois, for Plaintiff.
Andre G. Bouchard, Bouchard Margules & Friedlander, Wilmington, Delaware; Alfred A. D'Agostino, Jr., D'Amato & Lynch, New York, New York; Jeffrey R. Gaylord, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, PA and American International Specialty Lines Insurance Co., Inc.
Richard K. Herrmann, Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; D. Wayne Jeffries, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendant Federal Insurance Co.
C. Scott Reese, Cooch & Taylor, Wilmington, Delaware; John Duchelle, Ross, Dickson & Bell, Washington, D.C., for Defendant Continental Casualty Company.
Joseph J. Bodnar, Walsh Monzack and Monaco, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; John O'Connor, Peabody & Arnold, Boston, Massachusettes, for North American Specialty Insurance Company.
Michael F. Bonkowski, Saul Ewing, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Angelo G. Savino, Lord Bissell & Brook, New York, New York, for Gulf Insurance Co., Inc.
Frank E. Noyes, II, White & Williams, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Geoffrey W. Heineman, Kenneth M. Labbate, Ohrenstein & Brown, LLP, Garden City, New York, for Zurich American Insurance Co.
C. Barr Flynn, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Joseph G. Finnerty, III, Piper Rudnick, New York, New York, for Defendant Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County.
OPINION AND FINAL ORDER
LAMB, Vice Chancellor.
I.
The plaintiff is Qwest Communications International, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Qwest"). Qwest brings this action to enjoin the defendants, who are a number of its insurance carriers, from circumventing insurance policy provisions that, it claims, gives Qwest the right to choose the form of alternative dispute resolution ("ADR")-mediation or arbitration-to resolve coverage disputes. Qwest...
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