Insurance
May 29, 2009
Navigating a Wasteland of Environmental Insurance Issues
A recent ruling addressing the Stringfellow Acid Pits process that insurance policies involving pollution clauses can get quite messy.
State of California v. Allstate Insurance Company, 2009 DJDAR 3425, addressed litigation "to obtain insurance coverage for property damage liability imposed in a federal lawsuit as a result of discharges from 'the Stringfellow Acid Pits,' a State-designed and -operated hazardous waste dispose facility." The California Supreme Court focused on certain policy terms (mainly "sudden and accidental" and "watercourse") found in some pollution exclusions.
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