Environmental coverage from interpretation to litigation

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Environmental coverage from interpretation to litigation. Chicago, Ill.: Tort and Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association, © (OCoLC) barring coverage for personal injuries suffered by a woman who drank water contaminated with e.

coli from a fountain at the insured’s golf resort. Division One declared that the exclusion is not intended to preclude coverage for contamination resulting from “bacteria” and that even if. Get this from a library. Environmental coverage: from interpretation to litigation: drawn from papers presented at TIPS Annual Meeting, AugustChicago, Illinois.

[American Bar Association. Committee on Property Insurance Law.; American Bar Association. Economics of Tort and Insurance Law Practice Committee.; American Bar Association. Fundamentals of Insurance Coverage: In All 50 States, Sixth Edition, is a compendium and overview of all aspects of insurance coverage law, Environmental coverage from interpretation to litigation book every state, with a special emphasis on some of the unique aspects of insurance coverage involving environmental claims.

The treatise utilizes and cites state and federal statutes, insurance regulations, and case law from every state, as a framework for. Hocker Oil, the court held that the better-reasoned approach was to preclude coverage for gasoline and other products after they escape into the environment.

"Personal Injury" Claims In Whittier, the court refused to find that claims by neighboring property owners triggered Coverage B, as such an analysis would render the APE meaningless.

Environmental litigation can pose a daunting challenge to businesses because of its potential complexity, expense, and long duration. Given the substantial costs and risks, many environmental disputes are resolved outside the courtroom through administrative proceedings, cooperation between affected companies and state or federal regulators, and agreements among parties potentially responsible.

Environmental counsel for plaintiff in E. Imperial, LLC v. Robertshaw Controls Co., CERCLA cost recovery litigation resulting in the first case upholding the bona fide prospective purchaser defense to CERCLA liability (asserted by E.

Imperial, LLC due to successful pre-acquisition environmental due diligence performed by Cox, Castle & Nicholson). at the inception of litigation concerning coverage issues; • Section Eight provides some background information about the Comprehensive General Liability insurance policy and discusses some of the evidence which shows that this policy was intended to provide File Size: KB.

Every lawyer, in private practice, in the business sector, or in government, is likely to be confronted with insurance issues. This is no different in the context of environmental insurance issues. This course is intended to provide a broad based introduction to insurance law generally, and more specifically with respect to how environmental issues have forced dramatic changes in the insurance.

Hagens Berman’s success in environmental litigation stems from a deep understanding of the medical and environmental science that measures potential hazards.

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Step-by-step guidance through the theory, case law, and historical policy background on important issues that arise in coverage litigation, including interpretation and construction of insurance policy language, duty to defend, trigger of coverage, notice of claim or action, choice of law, punitive damages, number of occurrences, and coverage for the costs of lost mitigation.

On this page, environmental lawsuit means "a lawsuit where the well-being of an environmental asset or the well-being of a set of environmental assets is in dispute".

Also on this page, lawsuit with environmental relevance means "a lawsuit where a non-environmental entity or a set of non-environmental entities is in dispute, but whose outcome has relevance for an environmental asset or.

The Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation is a student-run law review published at University of Oregon School of journal publishes articles and essays about environmental law, natural resources law, and litigation relating to these line: Environmental law.

The book is designed specifically for insurance claims handlers and supervisors who have responsibility for or occasion to deal with coverage issues relating to third-party defense litigation, first-party claims litigation, and/or reservation of rights scenarios.

environmental impairment or other insurance obligations. The goal of this book is to compile all of the relevant law, regulations and case decisions in these areas from all 50 states into one easy to understand and easy to use reference book – which should be the first place a company should turn when coverage matters rear their ugly Size: 24KB.

Environmental Litigation. Advocating for Coastal Communities. Jones Swanson’s environmental practice is rooted in Louisiana’s unique history, in which a year-old oil and gas industry has supported the state’s economy, but it has also harmed the land and the people who depend on it for their livelihood.

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Insurance Law has three areas of focus: insurance coverage, insurance defense litigation, and insurance compliance. Insurance coverage actions generally involve an insurer and the insured.

The insured is seeking to recover under a policy of insurance, and the central legal question is whether the insured’s policy covers the loss or liability. Commentary Litigation Challenges Before the Pa. Environmental Hearing Board Pennsylvania employs a unique judicial mechanism to resolve legal disputes which arise from final decisions made by the.

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP’s deep experience in environmental litigation covers all of the major environmental statutes and regulatory programs, with particular focus on the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). To clarify and establish a framework for civil EPIL in the amended EPL, on January 6,China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released a judicial interpretation on environmental civil public interest litigation (the Civil EPIL Interpretation).

The SPC formulated its interpretation according to the revised Civil Procedure Law, the. Taft’s Environmental group provides nationally recognized litigation, counseling and dispute resolution services for our clients’ related to local, state, regional and federal environmental laws.

Our attorneys have handled environmental cases in federal and state courts nationwide. Pillsbury’s Environmental practice ranked by Chambers USA in the National, California and Washington, D.C., categories (), and The Legal U.S.

recognized Pillsbury for excellence in environmental litigation (). As noted in the first edition, in this book we provide a broad overview of New Jersey insurance coverage litigation involving the enforcement and interpretation of insurance policies.

An insurance policy is a contract and, therefore, the general law governing the enforcement and interpretation of contracts applies to insurance policies. On Ap the Supreme Court of the United States reversed the Montana Supreme Court’s decision in Atlantic Richfield Co.

Christian, limiting restoration damages claims beyond Environmental Protection Agency-approved cleanups at Superfund sites, while affirming the right of private parties to seek other kinds of damages under state law. The majority decision, penned by Chief Justice. By Latham & Watkins LLP on Novem Posted in Air Quality and Climate Change, Environmental Insurance Coverage, Environmental Litigation Companies facing products or environmental liability claims should immediately consider insurance coverage from current and historical policies in light of applicable state law.

The book I co-authored with my partner, Frank DeAngelis, is now available for pre-order. The book, which is entitled “New Jersey Insurance Coverage Litigation Treatise: A Practitioner’s Guide,” is being published by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, which is a division of the New Jersey State Bar Association.

The Sher Law Firm, PLLC, represents landowners, who together own more than a million acres of property in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. These clients depend on our firm for advice and advocacy on a wide range of environmental issues: damage claims for negligence in oil and gas operations, recovery litigation in CERCLA or Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act disputes, or groundwater and soil.

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The attorneys on Nixon Peabody’s Environmental Litigation Team represent clients in civil and criminal litigation matters arising under local, state, and federal environmental statutes.

Our broad depth of environmental litigation experience is reflected in many client success stories, and we have a track record of commencing and defending claims that save our clients millions of dollars in.

A member of the municipal law practice group at the firm, her practice focuses on the areas of municipal law, land use and zoning, with emphasis in regulatory interpretation and compliance, legislation, code litigation and environmental law.

Bell also has experience representing municipal and private clients in a variety of commercial and. Policyholder's Guide to the Law of Insurance Coverage provides expert guidance through the labyrinth of legal issues surrounding insuring instruments and underlying claims, plus practical strategies and legal arguments to help you secure coverage for contested claims.

Buy or subscribe today.Environmental Civil Litigation is wide, the plaintiff may be citizens, corporations, government agencies or non-governmental organizations. The defendant of Environmental Civil Litigation includes Individuals, businesses or community organizations and Administrative organs, that is, File Size: KB.I also developed a sub-specialty in insurance coverage cases, participating in the leading environmental coverage case St.

Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. McCormick & Baxter Creosoting Co., Or. () as well as coverage disputes such as Protection Mutual Ins. Co. v. Mitsubishi Silicon America Corporation, Or. App. ().