PSI ENERGY, INC. v. HOME INS. CO.

No. 32A01-0204-CV-146.

801 N.E.2d 705 (2004)

PSI ENERGY, INC., Appellant-Plaintiff, v. The HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Appellees-Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

Transfer Denied May 14, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald P. Bogard, Eric M. Cavanaugh, Cinergy Services, Inc., Plainfield, IN, George M. Plews, Jeffrey D. Claflin, Plews, Shadley, Racher & Braun Indianapolis, IN, Lester O. Brown, Thomas M. McMahon, Kenneth A. Remson, Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Lara A. Degenhart, Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, LLP, Washington, D.C., Attorneys for PSI Energy, Inc.

Frank J. Deveau, Bradley R. Sugarman, Sommer, Barnard, Ackerson, Indianapolis, IN, Amicus Curiae The Indiana Manufacturers Assn.

Kevin J. Hinkle, Hinkle & Gibbs, Danville, IN, Robert V.P. Waterman, Jr., Judith L. Herrmann, Lane & Waterman, Davenport, IA, Attorneys for Commercial Union Insurance Company.

Pamela Paige, White & Raub, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Charles W. Browning, Kenneth C. Newa, Plunkett & Cooney, P.C., Detroit, MI, Attorneys for The Travelers Indemnity Company.

James E. Rocap, Jeffrey B. Fecht, Rocap Witchger, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Joseph A. Hinkhouse, Richard McDermott, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, Attorneys for London Insurers.

Thomas J. Costakis, Krieg DeVault LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Timothy J. Fagan, Michael Resis, John D. LaBarbera, O'Hagan, Smith & Amundsen, LLC, Chicago, IL, Attorneys for Continental Casualty Company and Continental Insurance Company.

Mary K. Reeder, Riley, Bennett & Egloff, Indianapolis, IN, James S. Stickles, Laura J. McGrath, Kaplan & Von Ohlen Chicago, IL, Attorneys for The Home Insurance Company.

Thomas J. Costakis, Krieg DeVault LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Victor J. Piekarski, Ellen L. Green, O'Hagan, Smith & Amundsen, LLC, Wheaton, IL, Attorneys for General Reinsurance Corporation.

Wayne C. Turner, McTurnan & Turner, Indianapolis, IN, Michael R. Orlando, Cohn & Baughman, Chicago, IL, Attorneys for Century Indemnity Company.

Andrew W. Hull, Alice M. Morical, Hoover Hull Baker & Heath LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Amicus Curiae Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association.


OPINION

MATHIAS, Judge.

PSI Energy, Inc. ("PSI") has incurred substantial clean-up costs due to environmental contamination at its former manufactured gas plant sites. After certain insurance companies ("the Insurers") refused to indemnify PSI for those clean up costs, PSI filed a complaint against those Insurers in Hendricks Superior Court requesting, in part...

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