Opinion
No. COA19-507
12-01-2020
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.
Perkins Coie LLP, by Jonathan G. Hardin pro hac vice; and McGuirewoods LLP, by Joshua D. Davey, Esq., Caroline E. Keen, Esq., and Valyce M. Davis, Esq., for plaintiff-appellant and cross-appellee. Fox Rothschild LLP, by Matthew Nis Leerberg and Troy D. Shelton ; and Rivkin Radler LLP, by Michael A. Kotula, Robert A. Maloney, and Robert A. Maloney, pro hac vice, for defendant-appellee and cross-appellant Fireman's Fund Insurance Company. Teague, Campbell, Dennis & Gorham, LLP, by William Bulfer ; and Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, by Thomas S. Schaufelberger and Aaron J. Kornblith, pro hac vice, for defendant-appellee and cross-appellant United National Insurance Company. Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog, by Jennifer Addleton Welch ; and Crowell & Moring LLP, by Laura Foggan pro hac vice, for amicus curiae Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association. Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., by R. Steven DeGeorge, Esq.; and Reed Smith, LLP, by Ann V. Kramer, Esq., for amicus curiae United Policyholders. Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, by Nash E. Long ; and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, by Mark J. Plumer pro hac vice, for amicus curiae Edison Electric Institute. Goldberg Segalla LLP, by David L. Brown, Martha P. Brown, and Allegra A. Sinclair ; Jackson & Campbell, P.C., by Richard W. Bryan pro hac vice; and Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP, by Jared K. Clapper and Mark J. Sobczak, pro hac vice, for defendant-appellee National Union Fire Insurance Company. Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A., by Phillip E. Reeves pro hac vice, Jennifer E. Johnsen pro hac vice, and James M. Dedman, IV, for defendant-appellee Zurich American Insurance Company of Illinois. Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garfalo, LLP, by M. Duane Jones and Paul C. Lawrence ; and Musick, Peeler, & Garrett, LLP, by Stephen M. Green and Steven T. Adams, pro hac vice, for defendant-appellee Landmark American Insurance Company.
AFFIRMED IN PART. DISMISSED IN PART.