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Jury Finds Chemical Companies Not Liable For Environmental Contamination

Last month, a California jury dismissed from an environmental contamination lawsuit several companies that were in the chain of manufacture, distribution, and ultimate use of perchloroethylene, finding that there was insufficient evidence that these companies were responsible for the environmental contamination. During the trial, the city of Modesto, California (the plaintiff) contended that these companies were liable for the city’s [...]

Posted Under: Environmental Responsibility, Product Liability, property damage
This post was written by Jonathan Cooper on June 5, 2009 Comments (0)

NY’s High Court Slams State Farm in Breach of Insurance Contract Case

In a big victory for a property owner who brought a breach of insurance contract lawsuit against their insurance company (State Farm), New York’s highest court held invalid State Farm’s disclaimer of coverage for the building owner’s claims that they sustained damage to the foundation when improper excavation work that was done on the immediately adjacent lot caused the earth beneath the [...]

Posted Under: Breach of contract, disclaimer, insurance contract, property damage
This post was written by Jonathan Cooper on May 7, 2009 Comments (0)