IN RE EDC CONTRACTOR INS. LITIGATION

No. CW 2005-1064.

931 So.2d 462 (2006)

In re EDC CONTRACTOR INSURANCE LITIGATION.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 24, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George B. Hall, Jr., Stephen Porter Hall, Marian T. Harrison, Phelps Dunbar, LLP, New Orleans, Louisiana for Applicant, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.

Allen J. Mitchell, II, Mitchell & Blanco, Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Applicant, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.

John Ellison, Richard P. Lewis, Anderson, Kill & Olick, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Respondent, ConocoPhillips Company.

George Andrew Veazey, Huval, Veazey, Felder & Aertker, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Respondent, ConocoPhillips Company.

Joseph L. McReynolds, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Respondents, New York Marine, Somerset Insurance Company, Boston Old Colony Insurance Company, Reliance Insurance Company, General Insurance Company.

Arthur W. Landry, Plauche', Maselli, Parkerson, LLP, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Defendant, American Motorists Insurance Company.

William T. McCall, Guillory & McCall, Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Respondent, Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Co.

James R. Nieset, Plauche, Smith, & Nieset, Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Respondent, General Star Indemnity Co.

Charles R. Talley, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Respondent, Sphere Drake Insurance Co.

Michael J. Vondenstein, Metairie, Louisiana, for Respondent, North American Specialty Insurance Company.

John Hatch Hughes, Allen & Gooch, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Respondent, Texas Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association.

Anna R. Gray, The Gray Law Firm, Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Respondent, Professional Industrial Maintenance.

John William Hite, III, Salley, Hite, Rivera & Mercer, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Respondent, United National Insurance Co.

James J. Hautot, Jr., Judice & Adley, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Respondent, American Indemnity Company.

Gregory Edgar Bodin, Taylor, Porter, Brooks, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Respondent, Hawley Insurance Company.

Melvin Alan Eiden, Rabalais, Hanna & Hebert, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Respondent, Scottsdale Insurance Company.

David Perry Salley, Salley, Hite, Rivera & Mercer, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Respondent, Zurich American Insurance Company.

Timothy Patrick Farrelly, Hailey, McNamara, Metairie, Louisiana, for Respondent, North American Specialty Insurance Company.

Marshall Joseph Simien, Jr., Simien Law Firm, Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Respondent, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Commerce & Industry Insurance Company, American International Specialty Lines Insurance Company, Lexington Insurance Company.

Todd Michael Ammons, Stockwell, Sievert, Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Respondent, Homestead Insurance Company.

William James Kelly, III, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Respondent, Valley Forge Insurance Company, CNA-A Stock Insurance Company, Transcontinental Insurance Company, CNA-Transportation Insurance Company, Continental Casualty Company.

Joshua Simon Force, Sher, Garner, Cahill, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Respondent, Colonial Insurance Company.

Samuel Bryan Gabb, Lundy & Davis, Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Respondent, Transco Syndicate # 1 Ltd., Reliance Insurance Company, Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Assoc.

Erin Fury Parkinson, McGlinchey, Stafford, & Lang, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Respondent, American International Specialty Lines Insurance Company, Lexington Insurance Company, Commerce & Industry Insurance Company, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh.

Kelly Cambre Bogart, Metairie, Louisiana, for Respondent, Pacific Insurance Company.

Pamela J. Lormand, Preston & Cowan, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Respondent, Highlands Insurance Company.

Erin McGonagle, Jackson & Campbell, Washington, DC, for Respondent, Commerce & Industry Insurance Company, Lexington Insurance Company, National Union Fire Ins. Company of Pittsburgh, American International Specialty Lines Insurance Company.

Richard W. Bryan, Jackson & Campbell, Washington, DC, for Respondent, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Commerce & Industry Insurance Company, American International Specialty Lines Insurance Company, Lexington Insurance Company.

Sheila R. Caudle, Ross, Dixon & Bell, Washington, DC, for Respondent, Transcontinental Insurance Company, Continental Casualty Company, Valley Forge Insurance Company, CNA-A Stock Insurance Company, CNA-Transportation Insurance Company.

Court composed of OSWALD A. DECUIR, MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, and ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, Judges.


SULLIVAN, Judge.

At issue in this writ application is whether the trial court properly denied summary judgment sought by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Liberty Mutual) regarding a commercial general liability (CGL) policy it issued to S & B Engineers & Constructors, Ltd. (S & B). For the following reasons, we deny the writ.

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