Case Name: The BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY and B & W Nuclear Environmental Services, Inc. v. AMERICAN NUCLEAR INSURERS and Mutual Atomic Energy Liability Underwriters and Other Interested Party: Atlantic Richfield Company; American Nuclear Insurers and Mutual Atomic Energy Liability Underwriters v. The Babcock & Wilcox Company and B & W Nuclear Environmental Services, Inc., and Atlantic Richfield Company. Petition of Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (f/k/a the Babcock & Wilcox Company) and Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Group, Inc. (f/k/a B & W Nuclear Environmental Services, Inc.), and Atlantic Richfield Company
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2014-01-24
Citations: 84 A.3d 699
Docket Number: 
Parties: The BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY and B & W Nuclear Environmental Services, Inc. v. AMERICAN NUCLEAR INSURERS and Mutual Atomic Energy Liability Underwriters and Other Interested Party: Atlantic Richfield Company. American Nuclear Insurers and Mutual Atomic Energy Liability Underwriters v. The Babcock & Wilcox Company and B & W Nuclear Environmental Services, Inc., and Atlantic Richfield Company. Petition of Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (f/k/a the Babcock & Wilcox Company) and Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Group, Inc. (f/k/a B & W Nuclear Environmental Services, Inc.), and Atlantic Richfield Company.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 84
Pages: 699–699

Head Matter:
The BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY and B & W Nuclear Environmental Services, Inc. v. AMERICAN NUCLEAR INSURERS and Mutual Atomic Energy Liability Underwriters and Other Interested Party: Atlantic Richfield Company. American Nuclear Insurers and Mutual Atomic Energy Liability Underwriters v. The Babcock & Wilcox Company and B & W Nuclear Environmental Services, Inc., and Atlantic Richfield Company. Petition of Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (f/k/a the Babcock & Wilcox Company) and Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Group, Inc. (f/k/a B & W Nuclear Environmental Services, Inc.), and Atlantic Richfield Company.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Jan. 24, 2014.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 24th day of January 2014, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues. The issue, as stated by petitioner is:
(1) Does a policy holder forfeit its right to insurance coverage by settling an underlying and covered claim without its insurer's consent, where the insurer is defending subject to a reservation of rights to disclaim coverage, the settlement is at arm's length, is fair and is reasonable, and the insurer has failed to offer any amounts in settlement?