IN RE FAIRPOINT INS. COVERAGE APPEALS

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt M. Heyman, Esquire (argued), Aaron M. Nelson, Esquire , Kelly E. Rowe, Esquire , HEYMAN ENERIO GATTUSO & HIRZEL LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Scott B. Schreiber, Esquire , William C. Purdue, Esquire , Samuel I. Ferenc, Esquire , Matthew L. Farley, Esquire , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendant Below, Appellant Nation Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburg, Pa.

Bruce E. Jameson, Esquire , John G. Day, Esquire , PRICKETT, JONES & ELLIOTT, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Tammy Yuen, Esquire , Juan Luis Garcia, Esquire , SKARZYNSKI MARICK & BLACK, LLP, New York, New York, for Defendant Below, Appellant XL Specialty Insurance Company.

Robert J. Katzenstein, Esquire , SMITH KATZENSTEIN & JENKINS LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, for Defendants Below, Appellants National Specialty Insurance Company, AXIS Insurance Company, and St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company; Ronald P. Schiller, Esquire , Daniel J. Layden, Esquire , HANGLEY ARONCHIK SEGAL PUDLIN & SCHILLER, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Defendant Below, Appellant National Specialty Insurance Company; Michael R. Goodstein, Esquire , BAILEY CAVALIERI, Columbus, Ohio, for Defendant Below, Appellant AXIS Insurance Company; Thomas J. Judge, Esquire , Jason C. Reichlyn, Esquire , DYKEMA GOSSETT, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Defendant Below, Appellant St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company.

Jennifer C. Wasson, Esquire , Carla M. Jones, Esquire , POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Robin L. Cohen, Esquire , Keith McKenna, Esquire (argued), Meredith Elkins, Esquire , COHEN ZIFFER FRENCHMAN & McKENNA LLP, New York, New York, for Plaintiffs Below, Appellees Verizon Communications Inc., NYNEX LLC, Verizon New England Inc., and Verizon Information Technologies LLC.

Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA, TRAYNOR, LEGROW, and GRIFFITHS, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.