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Beveridge & Diamond PC

Wisconsin Supreme Court Applies Pollution Exclusion to Well Contaminated with Manure

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Recently, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that the pollution exclusion applies to well water contamination arising from the application of manure to nearby farmland, relieving a general liability insurer of its duty to...more

Carlton Fields

“Voluntary” ≠ “Obligatory”: Good Deeds Do Not Trigger Coverage

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Liability policies typically provide coverage for amounts the insured “become[s] legally obligated to pay”—but they leave open the question of how that obligation should be determined. Judgments and settlements clearly...more

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Is There a Duty to Defend Pollution Claims? It’s the Complaint, Stupid

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This Spring, cases from Florida and Wisconsin reaffirmed the general proposition that a liability insurer’s duty to defend must be determined from the specific claims in the underlying complaint against the insured, and not...more

Cozen O'Connor

Ninth Circuit Refuses to Extend Continuous Trigger for Property Damage to Non-Pollution Claims

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In Montrose Chemical Corp. v. Admiral Ins. Co., 10 Cal.4th 645, 42 Cal.Rptr.2d 324 (1995), the California Supreme Court held that a “continuous trigger” applies to liability coverage for property damage claims arising out of...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

Words Matter — Settlement Agreements Should be Enforced As Written

Sometimes you read a decision and it’s hard to understand how there really were two plausible sides to the dispute. Arrowood Indemnity Company v The Lubrizol Corporation is one such a decision. There, a policyholder sold...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

In Alabama, Cost of Complying with a PRP letter Now Insured Under CGL Policies

In a recent ruling of interest to any company named as a potentially responsible party (“PRP”) at a Superfund site, the Alabama Supreme Court has held that a PRP letter constitutes a “suit” under a comprehensive general...more

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