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April 1, 2013

ACE Expands Liability Coverage – Analyst Blog

Source: http://www.nasdaq.com, March 22, 2013 By: Zacks.com The U.S.-based retail operations of ACE Limited ( ACE ), ACE USA has introduced a Foreign Casualty Pollution Liability coverage endorsement. ACE came up with this coverage option to provide insurance and risk management solutions to the globally operating mid-sized and large-scale multinational companies located in the U.S.A. […]

April 1, 2013

Insurance Policy Provides Coverage for Legionnaires Disease

Source: The Legal Examiner, March 26, 2013 By: Ed Normand The Federal 11th Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that a comprehensive general liability policy covering a hotel must provide insurance coverage for the death of a tourist visiting Orlando from England who died after contracting Legionnaires disease sourced from the hotel hot tub. The […]

April 1, 2013

Illinois Court holds insurers have no duty to defend contaminated drinking water claims

Source: http://www.lexology.com, March 15, 2013 By: David Erickson and Mark Anstoetter The Illinois Court of Appeals has held that an insured’s alleged sale of tainted drinking water fell within an absolute pollution exclusion in each of eight insurance contracts. Crestwood v. Ironshore Specialty Ins. Co., Nos. 1-12-0112 & 1-12-0227, (Ill. App. Ct. 2/22/13). The Village […]

April 1, 2013

The United States allocated 40% of liability for contamination caused by a contractor’s manufacturing operations

Source: http://www.lexology.com, March 20, 2013 By: Lynn T. Manolopoulos and Scott Broadwell, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP A recent decision by a federal court in the Central District of California found the United States liable for 40% of the response costs related to contamination from the manufacture of ammunition and rocket motors for the United States […]

April 1, 2013

The intersection of subrogation and environmental law — the Ninth Circuit’s tyranny of logic over common sense

Source: http://www.lexology.com, March 19, 2013 By: Robert S. Sanoff, Foley Hoag LLP In a decision that exalts casuistry over common sense, the Ninth Circuit recently held that an insurer who reimbursed $2.4 million in CERCLA response costs to its policyholder had no subrogation rights against the potentially responsible parties that actually caused the contamination in […]

April 1, 2013

State plans to clean up land polluted by Asarco smelter

Source: The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA, March 26, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The state Department of Ecology has released plans for a $62 million cleanup of some 1,200 residential yards polluted by the old Asarco smelter in Ruston. The voluntary program will cover homes not only within the one-square-mile Asarco Superfund site but also some […]

April 1, 2013

Menhaden Processor Accused of Polluting State Waters

Read here about a menhaden processor in Virginia that is facing water pollution charges.

April 1, 2013

Government to Clean Up Air Force Base Pollution

Read here about a Kansas Air Force base with toxic groundwater pollution that the federal government will pay the majority to clean up .  

April 1, 2013

Goodrich To Pay at Least $21.5 Million to Clean Up Rialto, Calif. Superfund Site

Source: Dow Jones News Service, March 26, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Goodrich Corp. will be required to pay at least $21.5 million to clean up contaminated groundwater and soil at a Superfund site in Rialto, Calif., the Environmental Protection Agency said. Along with previous settlements, the order will result in a clean-up of the site […]

March 29, 2013

Agreement reached on Port Gamble Bay cleanup

Source: Kitsap Sun (Bremerton, WA), March 23, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Breaking their weeks-long impasse, the Washington Department of Ecology and Pope Resources have agreed on a $17-million cleanup plan for Port Gamble Bay. The agreement, to be spelled out in a legally binding consent decree, ensures that Ecology will provide $2 million toward the […]

March 29, 2013

Mediation in Savannah River Lawsuit Continues

Read here about the continuing mediation occurring in a Savannah River lawsuit.  

March 29, 2013

IL Fracking Bill Watched In MO

Read here about a fracking bill in Illinois that is being watched closely by mining organizations in Missouri.  

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