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Louisiana court finds settlement of environmental enforcement actions triggers insurance coverage
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- April 26 2013
The Louisiana Court of Appeals has ruled that a commercial pollution legal liability policy covered at least some costs to be incurred in connection
Court requires insurer to defend CERCLA lawsuit
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- March 29 2013
A federal court in Pennsylvania has held that an insurer which insured an oil company from 1972 to 1982 was required to defend a case brought by the
Insurer must defend claims based on insured’s use of non-pollutant floor sealer
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- February 15 2013
A federal court in Missouri has determined that a floor-sealing product used by a construction cleanup company was not a "pollutant" and that the
Change of legal standard erases insurance verdict
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- February 1 2013
The First Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court decision that vacated a jury verdict awarding insurance coverage to an insured party
Federal court strikes insurance policy pollution exclusion
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- September 21 2012
A federal court in Wisconsin has reformed a 20-year-old insurance agreement, thus striking a so-called “absolute pollution exclusion” provision and potentially providing coverage for cleanup at a third-party site
Federal court rules pollution exclusion clause bars insurance coverage for slag placement
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- August 31 2012
A federal court in South Carolina has ruled that a pollution exclusion clause in an insurance policy bars coverage for property damage caused by the placement of slag that later leaked arsenic and lead into the ground
Federal court dismisses Hurricane Katrina global warming lawsuit
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- March 30 2012
A federal court in Mississippi has dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit filed by property owners against several insurers and oil companies, alleging that defendants’ activities contributed to global warming that ultimately led to conditions which caused Hurricane Katrina and the resulting damage
Federal court rules insurer must cover CERCLA administrative proceedings
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- November 11 2011
A federal court in Idaho has ruled that, under state insurance law, CERCLA administrative proceedings are “suits” and therefore insurers must cover the costs of dealing with such proceedings
Virginia Supreme Court finds no CGL insurance coverage in climate change litigation
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- September 30 2011
The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that the insurance carrier for an energy company sued over global climate change did not have a duty to defend or provide indemnity coverage because there was no “occurrence” as required by the relevant policy
Federal court disallows third-party insurance claims for environmental costs; Iqbal and Twombly implicated
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- May 27 2011
A federal court in California recently ruled that an insurance company cannot recover payments made to a policyholder for environmental response costs as a matter of federal law, except in certain limited circumstances
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- Jurisdiction - USA
- Workarea - Environment
- Workarea - Litigation
- Workarea - Insurance & Reinsurance
- Author - David Erickson