Insurance

A district court held that an insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify a leather tanning company in underlying lawsuits brought by farmers who used sludge from the company's tanning…

The Fifth Circuit held that a pollution exclusion clause contained in an oil well operator's insurance policy bars coverage for cleanup costs of an oil leak on leased land. The operator…

A district court held that a request for information from EPA to a cement company under CERCLA §104(e) constitutes a "suit" under the terms of the company's insurance…

A district court held that under Illinois law, an insurer has a duty to defend the former owner of the South Green Plating Superfund site in Chicago, Illinois, in an underlying CERCLA case…

A district court held that response costs a Canadian zinc producer incurred pursuant to a settlement agreement with EPA constitute "damages" under its insurance policies. Although the…

The Fifth Circuit held that an insurance company had no obligations to a lead refinery under four environmental impairment liability policies that the insurance company's predecessor in…

The Wisconsin Supreme Court held that an insurance company must defend a manufacturing company in an underlying contamination case even though the company's policy was a indemnity-only excess…

The Eleventh Circuit upheld a lower court decision that an insurer had no duty to defend or indemnify a school board in a toxic tort suit. In the underlying case, the school board was being sued…

A district court denied an insurer's partial motion for summary judgment on claims that it must indemnify a lead smelter in an underlying lawsuit concerning bodily injury and property damage…

A district court held that an insurance company has a duty to defend a shooting range operator in an underlying CWA, RCRA, and nuisance lawsuit concerning the discharge of lead shot into the…