FULLER-AUSTIN INSULATION COMPANY v. HIGHLANDS INS.

No. B170079.

38 Cal.Rptr.3d 716 (2006)

135 Cal.App.4th 958

FULLER-AUSTIN INSULATION COMPANY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. HIGHLANDS INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

January 19, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan, Frank Kaplan, Kenneth S. Meyers, Santa Monica; Spepanik Cortner McNaboe Colliau & Jordan and Michael T. Colliau for Defendants and Appellants Transcontinental Insurance Company and Columbia Casualty Company.

Hogan & Hartson, Kenneth D. Klein, David R. Singer, Los Angeles, William J. Bowman (pro hac vice), James P. Ruggeri (pro hac vice), Catherine E. Stetson (pro hac vice); Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Seth P. Waxman (pro hac vice), Jonathan E. Nuechterlein (pro hac vice), Craig T. Goldblatt (pro hac vice) and Todd Zubler (pro hac vice) for Defendants and Appellants First State Insurance Company, New England Reinsurance Corp., and Twin City Fire Insurance Company.

Berkes Crane Robinson & Seal, Steven M. Crane, Barbara S. Hodous; Munger, Tolles & Olson, Ronald L. Olson, Kelly M. Klaus, Paul J. Watford, Sarah E. Kurtin and Grant A. Davis-Denny, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant Stonewall Insurance Company.

Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft, Patrick A. Cathcart, Los Angeles, William J. Baron, San Francisco; Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Michael W. Schwartz (pro hac vice), Douglas K. Mayer (pro hac vice), William Savitt (pro hac vice); Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Irving H. Greines, Robert A. Olson and Peter O. Israel, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Appellants Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London and Certain London Market Insurance Companies.

Nancy F. Peters (pro hac vice); Thomas C. Sanford & Associates and Thomas C. Sanford, Pasadena, for Defendants and Appellants Tenecom Insurance Company (f/k/a Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Company (UK) Ltd.) and Winterthur Swiss Insurance Company.

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal and Ronald D. Kent, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant International Insurance Company.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Michel Y. Horton, Thomas M. Peterson, Jason B. Komorsky, Laura R. Ramos; Anderson Kill & Olick, Robert M. Horkovich (pro hac vice), Rhonda D. Orin (pro hac vice) and Robert Y. Chung (pro hac vice) for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Wiley Rein & Fielding, Laura A. Foggan, Karalee C. Morell; Sinnott, Dito, Moura & Puebla and John J. Moura, Counsel for Amicus Curiae Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

DOI TODD, J.

Appellants Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London and Certain London Market Insurance Companies (collectively LMI); Stonewall Insurance Company (Stonewall); Transcontinental Insurance Company and Columbia Casualty Company (collectively CNA); First State Insurance Company, New England Reinsurance Corp., and Twin City Fire Insurance Company (collectively First State); and International...

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