Portland, Port of v. Water Quality Ins. Syndicate

ELR Citation: ELR 20960
No(s). s. 80-780-RE, 81-94-RE (D. Or. Oct 7, 1982)

The court rules that the port of Portland can recover from its two its two insurers the costs of cleaning up an oil slick caused when a port-owned dredge sank at its moorings. First, the court holds that damage to water resources is "property damage" as defined in St. Paul's policy and that the excl...