TIG Insurance v. Monongahela Power Co.

McDonald, j.

We issued a writ of certiorari in this case to review a substantive choice-of-law question concerning the interpretation of insurance policies that may cover asbestos-related liability. The question arose as a result of a lawsuit filed by a holding company, whose subsidiaries own power-generating facilities, 1 against multiple insurers regarding the terms of the liability policies the company purchased between 1970 and 1985. In the Circuit Court for Washington County the parties argued that the disposition of the issues raised during the lawsuit turned on whether New York or…