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United States Third Circuit


NEW CASTLE COUNTY DE v. NAT'L UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITTSBURGH, PA, 00-5157

Public policy demands that when insurance companies use the phrase "invasion of the right of private occupancy" without defining it, after litigating the definition and losing repeatedly, the phrase is not unambigous.

Appellate Information

  • Argued 10/31/2000
  • Decided 03/21/2001
  • Published 03/21/2001

Judges

  • BEFORE: SCIRICA, NYGAARD, and BARRY, Circuit Judges.

Court

  • United States Third Circuit

Counsel

  • For Appellant:
  • Richard E. Poole,Peter J. Walsh, Jr., (Argued), Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, DE, Counsel for Appellant.

  • For Appellees:
  • Christopher J. Sipe (Argued), Bailey & Wetzel, Wilmington, DE, Counsel for Appellee., Daniel E. Troy, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, Counsel for Amicus-appellee INS ENV Litigation.
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