CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP. v. AMERICAN HOME ASSUR.

Civ. A. No. 86-501-JLL.

704 F.Supp. 551 (1989)

CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

January 9, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Denman and Douglas B. Catts of Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, Del., for plaintiff Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

William F. Taylor and Anthony G. Flynn of Young, Conaway, Stargatt and Taylor, Wilmington, Del.; James P. Schaller, M. Elizabeth Medaglia, and Richard W. Bryan of Jackson & Campbell, P.C., Washington, D.C., of counsel, for defendant American Home Assur. Co.

James W. Semple of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, Del., for defendant Hartford Acc. and Indem. Co.

Richard W. Pell of Tybout, Redfearn, Casarino & Pell, Wilmington, Del.; Eileen B. Eglin and J. Marks Moore, III of Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Baltimore, Md., of counsel, for defendant Bellefonte Ins. Co.

David R. Hodas of Potter, Carmine & Hodas, Wilmington, Del.; Mary Kay Vyskocil and Andrew Amer of Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, of counsel, for defendant Travelers Indem. Co.

J.R. Julian, Wilmington, Del.; Thomas J. Quinn, John S. Spadaro, and Mary Ann D'Amato of Mendes & Mount, New York City, of counsel, for defendant London Market Insurers.

John G. Mulford of Theisen, Lank, Mulford & Goldberg, Wilmington, Del.; James W. Greene of Bromley, Brown & Walsh, Washington, D.C., of counsel, for defendant Continental Cas. Co.

Robert K. Payson of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del.; Michael Harwood and Douglas M. Parker of Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Ferdon, New York City, of counsel, for defendant Stone & Webster Management Consultants, Inc.

Kevin Gross of Morris, Rosenthal, Monhait & Gross, P.A., Wilmington, Del.; Roger E. Warin and Karen E. Rochlin of Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D.C., of counsel, for defendant Home Ins. Co.

Edward McNamara and Robert J. Taylor of Barros, McNamara & Scanlon, P.A., Dover, Del., for defendant Associated Elec. and Gas Ins. Services, Inc.

Edmund D. Lyons, Jr. of Aerenson, Ferrara & Lyons, Wilmington, Del.; Dennis M. Flannery, A. Stephen Hut, Jr., and Michael C. Small of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., of counsel, for defendant Ins. Co. of North America.


REVISED MEMORANDUM OPINION

LATCHUM, Senior District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This diversity action arises out of environmental contamination claims asserted by governmental entities against plaintiff Chesapeake Utilities Corporation ("Chesapeake"). (Docket Item ["D.I."] 152 at 711.) Chesapeake alleges that as a result of these environmental claims, it was forced to incur certain costs for which it sought recovery from various insurance companies...

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