Supreme Court of Delaware

In a suit brought by an insured, AT&T, seeking coverage under multiple D&O primary and excess policies for defense costs and other expenses arising out of two stockholder suits, partial summary judgment for insurers is reversed in part and remanded where the trial court misconstrued the term "Claim," and each pleaded cause of action in the stockholder suits may constitute a separate claim within the meaning of the policies at issue.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/05/2007
• Published 02/06/2007

Judges

• BERGER, Justice:, Before BERGER, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices.

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John E. Jamese, and Sarah E. Diluzio, of Potterson, Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, DE;  and John E. Failla (argued), and Christopher C. Loeber, of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, New York City;  David M. Halbreich, and Michel Y. Horton, of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Los Angeles, CA;  and Paul A. Zevnik, of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Washington, DC, of counsel, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David A. Denham, of Bifferato, Gentilotti, Biden & Balick, LLC, of Wilmington, DE;  and Martin J. Flannery, Jr., and David A. Richman, of Pattison & Flannery, New York City, for Appellees Faraday Capital Limited, Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London, Certain London Market Insurance Companies and New Hampshire Insurance Company, Ltd., John D. Balaguer, and William L. Doerler, of White & Williams, LLP, Wilmington, DE;  Geoffrey W. Heineman, and Matthew Bryant, of Ohrenstein & Brown, LLP, New York City;  and Lauren M. Pape, of Ohrenstein & Brown, LLP, Garden City, NY, of counsel, for Appellee The Travelers Indemnity Company., Edward M. McNally, and Mary B. Matterer, of Morris James, LLP, Wilmington, DE;  Michael Manire, William P. Larsen, III (argued), and Lloyd Herman, of D'Amato & Lynch, New York City, of counsel, for Appellee National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA., John C. Phillips, Jr., and Brian E. Farnan, of Phillips, Goldman & Spence, P.A., Wilmington, DE;  Douglas Mangel (argued), John C. Hockenbury, and Michael Thames, of Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP, Washington, DC, of counsel, for Appellee Twin City Fire Insurance Company., C. Scott Reese, and Noriss E. Cosgrove, of Cooch and Taylor, Wilmington, DE;  Randall G. Block (argued), and Veena A. Mitchell, of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, LLP, San Francisco, CA, of counsel, for Appellee Zurick American Insurance Company.