Van-American Insurance v. Schiappa

Gene Donofrio, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants, Van-American Insurance Company and Clarendon National Insurance Company, appeal the decision of the Jefferson County Court of Common Pleas issuing a protective order against interrogatories and a request for production of documents filed by appellants against defendant-appellee, Michael Schiappa, in his capacity as executor of the estate of Orlando Schiappa.

Appellants are insurance companies providing coal-mining reclamation bonds to coal operators. Sometime prior to 1994, appellants issued reclamation bonds to American Industries and…