RADIATOR SPECIALTY v. ARROWOOD INDEMNITY

No. COA16-638.

800 S.E.2d 452 (2017)

RADIATOR SPECIALTY COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. ARROWOOD INDEMNITY COMPANY (as Successor to Guaranty National Insurance Company, Royal Indemnity Company and Royal Indemnity Company of America); Columbia Casualty Company; Continental Casualty Company; Fireman's Fund Insurance Company; Insurance Company of North America; Landmark American Insurance Company; Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. (as Successor to American Reinsurance Company); Mutual Fire, Marine and Inland Insurance Company; National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA; Pacific Employers Insurance Company; St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance Company; Sirius America Insurance Company (as Successor to Imperial Casualty and Indemnity Company); United National Insurance Company; Westchester Fire Insurance Company; Zurich American Insurance Company of Illinois, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: May 16, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perkins Coie LLP, by Jonathan G. Hardin , pro hac vice, and Catherine J. Del Prete , pro hac vice; and McGuirewoods LLP, Charlotte, by Joshua D. Davey and L.D. Simmons, II , for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee Radiator Specialty Company.

No brief filed for defendant-appellee Arrowood Indemnity Company.

Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, by Matthew Nis Leerberg , Raleigh and Timothy P. Lendino , Charlotte; and Rivkin Radler LLP, by Michael A. Kotula , pro hac vice, and Robert A. Maloney , Nashville, pro hac vice, for defendant-appellee, cross-appellant Fireman's Fund Insurance Company.

Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo, LLP, Charlotte, by M. Duane Jones and Paul C. Lawrence ; and Musick, Peeler, & Garrett, LLP, by Stephen M. Green , pro hac vice, for defendant-appellee Landmark American Insurance Company.

Goldberg Segalla, LLP, Greensboro, by David L. Brown ; and Jacson & Campbell, P.C., by Donald C. Brown, Jr. , Charlotte and Timothy R. Dingilian , for defendant-appellee National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA.

Nexsen Pruet, PLLC, Greensboro, by James W. Bryan ; and Saul Ewing, LLP, by Thomas S. Schaufelberger , pro hac vice, and Aaron J. Kornblith , pro hac vice, for defendant-appellee United National Insurance Company.

Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A., by Phillip E. Reeves , pro hac vice, Jennifer E. Johnsen , pro hac vice, and Gillian S. Crowl , Charlotte; and Ellis & Winters LLP, Raleigh, by Thomas H. Segars , for defendant-appellee, cross-appellant Zurich American Insurance Company of Illionis.

Hunton & Williams LLP, Charlotte, by Nash E. Long ; and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, by Mark J. Plumer , pro hac vice, and Vernon Thompson, Jr. , pro hac vice, for Edison Electric Institute, amicus curiae.

Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP, by Jaye E. Bingham-Hinch , Raleigh and Laura Foggan , pro hac vice, for Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association, amicus curiae.

Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., Charlotte, by R. Steven DeGeorge ; and Reed Smith LLP, by Ann V. Kramer , pro hac vice, and Julie L. Hammerman , pro hac vice, for United Policyholders, amicus curiae.


The interlocutory appeals and cross-appeals in this complex insurance case arise from an action brought by a diversified products manufacturer and seller that, since 1971, secured from about two dozen insurers a sophisticated multi-policy commercial liability insurance package; for a few undisclosed years manufactured products containing...

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