Lawrence E. Walsh, New York City (Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York City) on the brief. The case involved a dispute between an aircraft hull insurer and a war risk insurer over coverage for the hijacking and destruction of a commercial aircraft. If the actions of the hijackers (members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine or PFLP) were considered acts of "war" or "insurrection," then the war risk insurer would pay. If not, then the hull insurer could not invoke its policy's war exclusion and would have to pay the loss