Legal Opinion

Park Place Entertainment Corp. v. Transcontinental Insurance

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided October 2, 2002No. 01 Civ. 6546 (RLC)PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.

Plaintiff Park Place Entertainment Corporation (“Park Place”) commenced this third party action to obtain a judgment declaring that defendant insurers are obligated to defend and indemnify Park Place in three lawsuits. In addition to declaratory relief, Park Place seeks compensatory and punitive damages for breach of contract and bad faith failure to defend and indemnify. Defendants now move for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56, F.R. Civ. P., claiming that there is no duty to defend or indemnify Park Place because the suits against Park Place fall…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  4. United States v. Diebold, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
  5. Lorenzo CHAMBERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TRM COPY CENTERS CORPORATION, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Koch Industries, Inc. v. AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2010
  2. Hosking v. TPG Capital Management, L.P. (In re Hellas Telecommunications (Luxembourg) II SCAUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2015
  3. Westport Ins. Corp. v. NAPOLI, KAISER & BERNDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2010
  4. Lawrence v. TPG Capital Management, L.P. (In re Hellas Telecommunications (Luxembourg) II SCA )United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2015
  5. Harleysville Worcester Ins. Co. v. Wesco Ins. Co.District Court, S.D. Illinois · 2018

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