HARTFORD ACC. v. ACE AMERICAN REINSURANCE

No. 17625.

936 A.2d 224 (2007)

284 Conn. 744

HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY, et al. v. ACE AMERICAN REINSURANCE COMPANY, et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided December 25, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth P. Waxman, pro hac vice, Washington, DC, with whom were Jeffrey R. Babbin, New Haven Catherine M.A. Carroll, pro hac vice, Washington, DC, and, on the brief, Jonathan M. Freiman, Kenneth D. Heath, New haven, Edward C. DuMont, pro hac vice, and Danielle Spinelli, pro hac vice, Washington, DC, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Robert A. Knuti, with whom was James F. Sullivan, Hartford, for the appellees (defendant London Market Insurance Companies et al.).

William J. O'Sullivan, Wethersfield, filed a brief for the Reinsurance Association of America as amicus curiae.

BORDEN, NORCOTT, KATZ, PALMER and ZARELLA, Js.


BORDEN, J.

The primary issue in this appeal1 is the proper construction of the phrase "any one accident" as used in a series of reinsurance contracts between the plaintiffs, Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company and several of its affiliates (Hartford),2 and the defendants, certain reinsurers.3 Hartford brought this action for a declaratory judgment, claiming, inter alia, that...

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