CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S LONDON v. CONAGRA GROCERY PRODUCTS CO., LLC

No. A160548.

77 Cal.App.5th 729 (2022)

CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S LONDON et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. CONAGRA GROCERY PRODUCTS COMPANY, LLC, et al., Defendants and Appellants.

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

April 19, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reed Smith, Raymond A. Cardozo , David E. Weiss and T. Connor O'Carroll for Defendants and Appellants.

Zuckerman Spaeder, Carl S. Kravitz (pro hac vice), Caroline E. Reynolds (pro hac vice), Alicia Shelton (pro hac vice), Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan, Sara M. Thorpe and Ethan H. Seibert for Plaintiffs and Respondents Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London, Winterthur Swiss Insurance Company, The Northern Assurance Co. of America and Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Company.

Hinshaw & Culbertson, John E. DeLascio (pro hac vice), Scott M. Seaman (pro hac vice) and Robert G. Levy for Plaintiff and Respondent Affiliated FM Insurance Co.

Selvin Wraith Halman, Gary R. Selvin , Chaffetz Lindsey, Charles J. Scibetta (pro hac vice) and Ted Debonis (pro hac vice) for Plaintiffs and Respondents AIU Insurance Co., American Home Assurance Company, Granite State Insurance Co., The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, Lexington Insurance Co. and National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Skarzynski Marick & Black, James H. Kallianis, Jr. ; Sinnott, Puebla, Campagne & Curet, Debra R. Puebla and Robert A. Sanders for Plaintiffs and Respondents American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co., American Zurich Insurance Co., Zurich Reinsurance Co. Ltd. and Zurich Insurance Co.

Clyde & Company US, Bruce D. Celebrezze , Dean J. McElroy , W. Andrew Miller , Paul R. Koepff (pro hac vice), Ryan Westerfield (pro hac vice), Peter J. Whalen ; O'Melveny & Myers and Jonathan Hacker (pro hac vice) for Plaintiffs and Respondents Arrowood Indemnity Company, Century Indemnity Company, Pacific Employers Insurance Co., Westchester Fire Insurance Co. and Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Company.

Foran Glennon Palandech Ponzi & Rudloff and Edward P. Murphy for Plaintiffs and Respondents Ancon Insurance Company, Brittany Insurance Company, CAN Reinsurance Company, Dominion Insurance Company, Terra Nova Insurance Company, Harper Insurance, La Union Atlantique and St. Katherine Insurance Company.

Dorsey & Whitney and Faisal M. Zubairi for Plaintiff and Respondent Employers Insurance Company of Wausau.

Crowell & Moring, Mark D. Plevin and Laura A. Foggan (pro hac vice) for Plaintiffs and Respondents Everest Reinsurance Company, Fairmont Premier Insurance Co., Crum & Forster Insurance Co. and United States Fire Insurance Co.

Tressler and Mary McPherson for Plaintiffs and Respondents Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. and Allianz Underwriters Insurance Company.

Kendall Brill & Kelly, Alan Jay Weil and Shauna E. Woods for Plaintiffs and Respondents First State Insurance Co., Hartford Fire Insurance Co., New England Insurance Co. and Twin City Fire Insurance Co.

Duane Morris, William J. Baron and Philip R. Matthews for Plaintiffs and Respondents Great American E&S Insurance Company and Safety National Casualty Corporation.

Craig & Winkelman and Bruce H. Winkelman for Plaintiffs and Respondents Munich Reinsurance America, Inc., and Executive Risk Indemnity.

Wolkin Curran, Brandt L. Wolkin and Jennifer Elowsky for Plaintiff and Respondent Old Republic Insurance Co.

CNA Coverage Litigation Group, Edward J. Tafe ; Dentons US, M. Keith Moskowitz (pro hac vice), Kristen C. Rodriguez (pro hac vice) and Shannon Y. Shin (pro hac vice) for Plaintiffs and Respondents The Continental Insurance Co., National Fire Insurance Co. of Hartford, Columbia Casualty Co. and Continental Casualty Co.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Stephen P. Blake , Bryce L. Friedman (pro hac vice) and Susannah S. Geltman (pro hac vice) for Plaintiffs and Respondents Travelers Casualty and Surety Company and St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance Company.


OPINION

This insurance coverage case arises from an underlying representative public nuisance action in which a number of former manufacturers of lead paint were ordered to pay $1.15 billion into a fund to be used to abate the public nuisance created by interior residential lead paint in...

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