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California court requires complete horizontal exhaustion of liability coverage before excess coverage can attach

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • July 19 2011

Addressing apportionment issues left unresolved by the California Supreme Court’s decision in Montrose Chemical Corporation v. Admiral Insurance Company, 10 Cal.4th 645 (1995), California’s intermediate appeals court has ruled that an insured that manufactured asbestos-containing products must first exhaust the limits of all of its primary insurance before it may claim benefits under its excess coverage

Chinese drywall - manufacturers still refusing to compensate U.S. homeowners

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 12 2011

Inez Tenenbaum, the head of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, said this week that the U.S. has not been able to persuade Chinese officials to agree to compensate U.S. homeowners for losses associated with Chinese manufactured drywall

Florida federal court judge sends insurer’s Chinese Drywall suit to New Orleans MDL

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • October 14 2010

On September 22, 2010, a U.S. District Court Judge in the Middle District of Florida transferred an insurer’s Chinese Drywall coverage case to the District Court in New Orleans, where Multi-District Chinese Drywall Litigation is pending