CINERGY CORP. v. ST. PAUL SURPLUS LINES

No. 32A04-0810-CV-622.

915 N.E.2d 524 (2009)

CINERGY CORPORATION, Duke Energy Indiana, Inc., and Duke Energy Ohio, Inc., Appellants-Defendants, v. ST. PAUL SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Appellees-Plaintiffs.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

October 28, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Plews, Donna C. Marron, John M. Ketcham, Plews Shadley Racher & Braun, Indianapolis, IN, William O. Harrington, William O. Harrington, P.C., Danville, IN, Eric Cavanaugh, Associate General Counsel, Duke Energy Corporation, Plainfield, IN, Attorneys for Appellants.

Jan M. Michaels, Steven Schulwolf, Michaels & May, P.C., Chicago, IL, Kenneth C. Newa, Plunkett Cooney, P.C., Detroit, MI, Bryce H. Bennett, Jr., James O. Giffin, Riley Bennett & Egloff, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Charles W. Browning, Plunkett Cooney, P.C., Bloomfield Hills, MI, Attorneys for Appellees, St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance Co., and Travelers Casualty and Surety Company.

Richard A. Smikle, Brian J. Paul, Ice Miller LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Howard B. Epstein, Theodore A. Keys, Sami B. Groff, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York, NY, Attorneys for Appellee, Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services, Ltd.

Bruce L. Kamplain, Norris, Choplin & Schroeder, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Michael R. Orlando, Cohn Baughman & Martin, Chicago, IL, Attorneys for Appellee Century Indemnity Company.

Lisa S. Brogan, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago, IL, James M. Boyers, Blaire M. Henley, Wooden & McLaughlin LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellee Royal Indemnity Company n/k/a Arrowood Indemnity Company.

Bruce L. Kamplain, Norris, Choplin & Schroeder, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Appellee Continental Insurance Company.

John Trimble, Sonia Das, Lewis Wagner, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Ilene M. Korey, Clausen Miller, P.C., Chicago, IL, Attorneys for Appellee Lexington Insurance Company Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA.

Mary K. Reeder, Riley Bennett & Egloff, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Appellee Great American Insurance Company of New York.

David A. Temple, Matthew J. Schafer, Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, William H. Cohn, Cohn Baughman & Martin, Chicago, IL, Attorneys for Appellee Republic Insurance Company.

Laura S. Reed, Jeffrey B. Fecht, Riley Bennett & Egloff, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Joseph A. Hinkhouse, Richard McDermott, Hinkhouse Williams Walsh LLP, Chicago, IL, Attorneys for Appellee Certain Lloyd's Underwriters.

Richard H. Riegner, Stewart & Irwin, P.C., Kalamazoo, MI, Attorney for Appellee TIG Insurance Company f/k/a Transamerica Premier.

Bradford S. Moyer, Plunkett Cooney, P.C., Kalamazoo, MI, Attorney for Appellee TIG Insurance Company as Successor to International Insurance Company and International Surplus Lines Insurance Company.


OPINION

MATHIAS, Judge.

Cinergy Corporation, Duke Energy Indiana Inc., and Duke Energy Ohio Inc. (collectively "Cinergy") appeal the Hendricks Superior Court's grant of summary judgment in favor of St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance Co. ("St. Paul"), Travelers Casualty and Surety Co.,1 and Associated Electric and Gas Insurance Services, Ltd. ("AEGIS") (collectively "the Insurers"),2 and the trial court...

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