United States First Circuit

In a dispute between an insurance company and its reinsurers, the district court erred in finding that defendant's liability should be based on the premise that the occurrence limit applied once to a continuing leakage at a site over the multi-year policy period.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/27/2005
• Published 06/27/2005

Judges

• BOUDIN, Chief Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, and DiCLERICO, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carter G. Phillips with whom William M. Sneed, Stephen C. Carlson, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood L.L.P., Richard A. Johnston and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP were on brief, for appellants., Edward P. Krugman, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, Eric S. Kobrick, Associate General Counsel, American International Group, Inc., on brief for The Member and Affiliated Companies of American International Group, Inc., Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• David A. Attisani with whom John A. Nadas, Robert A. Kole and Choate, Hall & Stewart were on brief, for appellee.