Opinion
A-72/73 September Term 2019 083801
01-27-2021
NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S LONDON, Maiden Specialty Insurance Company, RSUI Indemnity Company, and Westport Insurance Corporation, Defendants-Appellants, and Torus Specialty Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant, and Hudson Specialty Insurance Company and Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company, Defendants.
Shawn L. Kelly, Short Hills, and Michael J. Smith argued the cause for appellant StarStone Specialty Insurance Company, f/k/a Torus Specialty Insurance Company (Dentons US and Stewart Smith, attorneys; Shawn L. Kelly, Jonathan D. Henry, Erika M. Lopes-McLeman, Short Hills, Michael J. Smith, and Bryan W. Petrilla, on the briefs). Robert W. Fisher, Boonton, a member of the Georgia bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for appellants RSUI Indemnity Company and Westport Insurance Corporation (Clyde & Co US, attorneys; Kevin M. Haas, Florham Park, Robert W. Fisher, Taylor L. Davis, a member of the Georgia bar, admitted pro hac vice, and James M. Bauer, a member of the Georgia bar, admitted pro hac vice, on the briefs). Kenneth H. Frenchman, a member of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for respondent (Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna, attorneys; Robin L. Cohen, Kenneth H. Frenchman, Marc T. Ladd, a member of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, and Alexander M. Sugzda, a member of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, on the brief).
Shawn L. Kelly, Short Hills, and Michael J. Smith argued the cause for appellant StarStone Specialty Insurance Company, f/k/a Torus Specialty Insurance Company (Dentons US and Stewart Smith, attorneys; Shawn L. Kelly, Jonathan D. Henry, Erika M. Lopes-McLeman, Short Hills, Michael J. Smith, and Bryan W. Petrilla, on the briefs).
Robert W. Fisher, Boonton, a member of the Georgia bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for appellants RSUI Indemnity Company and Westport Insurance Corporation (Clyde & Co US, attorneys; Kevin M. Haas, Florham Park, Robert W. Fisher, Taylor L. Davis, a member of the Georgia bar, admitted pro hac vice, and James M. Bauer, a member of the Georgia bar, admitted pro hac vice, on the briefs).
Kenneth H. Frenchman, a member of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for respondent (Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna, attorneys; Robin L. Cohen, Kenneth H. Frenchman, Marc T. Ladd, a member of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, and Alexander M. Sugzda, a member of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, on the brief).
PER CURIAM
We affirm the judgment of the Appellate Division substantially for the reasons expressed in Judge Yannotti's thoughtful opinion. See N.J. Transit Corp. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London, 461 N.J. Super. 440, 221 A.3d 1180 (App. Div. 2019). We rely principally on the court's analysis of the plain language of the relevant insurance policies. See id. at 454-57, 221 A.3d 1180. We do not rely on the discussion of Appleman's Rule or the doctrine of contra proferentem. See id. at 460-63, 221 A.3d 1180.
CHIEF JUSTICE RABNER and JUSTICES LaVECCHIA, ALBIN, PATTERSON, FERNANDEZ-VINA, SOLOMON, and PIERRE-LOUIS join in this opinion.