STATE OF MINNESOTA

IN COURT OF APPEALS

C5-01-1904

State of Minnesota, by its Attorney General, Mike Hatch,

Appellant,

vs.

Employers Insurance of Wausau, a Mutual Company,

Respondent,

Home Insurance Company,

Respondent,

Travelers Casualty and Surety Company,

Respondent,

The Travelers Indemnity Company et al.,

Respondents.

Filed May 21, 2002

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded

Poritsky, Judge*

Hennepin County District Court

File No. MC 00-001819

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, Mark B. Levinger, Assistant Attorney General, 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1100, St. Paul, MN 55101-2127; and

William F. Greaney, admitted pro hac vice, Covington & Burling, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, D.C. 20004-2401 (for appellant);

Scott Ryskoski, Charles A. Gross, Shawn Raiter, Darron Knutson, Larson King L.L.P., 1500 Landmark Towers, 345 St. Peter Street, St. Paul, MN 55102 (for respondent Employers Insurance of Wausau, a Mutual Company)

Eric Magnuson, Robert B. Jaskowiak, Melissa Hortman, Rider Bennett Egan & Arundel, L.L.P., 333 South Seventh Street, Suite 2000, Minneapolis, MN 55402 (for respondent Home Insurance Company);

Andrew S. Amer, Mary Beth Forshaw, Michael S. Komar, Jerauld E. Brydges, Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017-3954; and

Charles E. Spevacek, Stacy A. Broman, Meagher & Geer P.L.L.P., 4200 Multifoods Tower, 33 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402 (for respondent Travelers Casualty & Surety Company and respondents Travelers Indemnity Company et al.);

Laura A. Foggan, Karalee C. Morell, Wiley Rein & Fielding L.L.P., 1776 K Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. 20006; and

Dwight G. Rabuse, Nelson L. Peralta, Livgard & Rabuse, P.L.L.P., 3009 Holmes Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55408 (for amici curiae Insurance Environmental Litigation Association and The Insurance Federation of Minnesota)