ELR Citation: ELR 20397
No(s). 90-1217 (1st Cir. Sep 27, 1990)

The court holds that correspondence from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) to an insured owner of a contaminated site was not the functional equivalent of a "suit" sufficient to trigger the insurer's duty to defend under the terms of a comprehensive general liability (CGL...