Continental Casualty Co. v. Coleco Industries, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Martin B. Stecher, J.

This is a motion to stay two actions: Grishkat v Jones, pending in Erie County, and Adeson v Coleco, pending in Rensselaer County. The application is made pursuant to provisions of CPLR 2201 (with respect to the other pending actions, I was informed on the call of the calendar that those actions have been settled and that they are no longer the subject of an underlying declaratory judgment action).

Continental Casualty Company is an excess carrier for Coleco Industries, Inc. The latter manufactures swimming pools and has been made a defendant in the…