Publication Date: 2012-01-26
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Court: Appellate Division, First Department
Judge: Before: Peter Tom, J.P., David B. Saxe, Rolando T. Acosta, Helen E. Freedman, Sheila Abdus-Salaam, JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondents: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York (Mary Kay Vyskocil, Chet A. Kronenberg and Seth A. Ribner of counsel). For Reinsurance Association of America, amicus curiae: Freeborn & Peters LLP, Chicago, Illinois (Kerry E. Slade, Joseph T. McCullogh IV, and Robin E. Dusek of counsel). For Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association and Chartis Inc., amici curiae: Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, New York (Peter R. Chaffetz and Andreas A. Frischknecht of counsel).
for defendant: For American Re-Insurance Company, Appellant: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York (Herbert M. Wachtell and Ben M. Germana of counsel). For Excess Casualty Reinsurance Association and OneBeacon America Insurance Company, Appellants: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York (Kathleen M. Sullivan, Michael B. Carlinsky, Jane M. Byrne and Sanford I. Weisburst of counsel). For ACE Property & Casualty Company and Century Indemnity Company, Appellants: Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Albany (George F. Carpinello and Benjamin I. Battles of counsel).
Case Number: 604517/02
Cite as: United States Fid. v. American Re-Ins. Co., 604517/02, NYLJ 1202540004249, at *1 (App. Div., 1st, Decided January 24, 2012)Before: Peter Tom, J.P