The court holds that a pesticide manufacturing partnership is liable for response costs in a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) §113 contribution action…
The court holds that under New York law, insurers are not obligated to defend and indernnify a clothing manufacturer from private and government damage claims stemming from contamination at the…
The court holds that a manufacturer's failure to provide its insurer with adequate notice of a potential Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) claim…
The court holds untimely all but two individuals' toxic tort claims against contributors to a landfill. The court first holds that all but two of the personal injury, survival, and wrongful…
The court holds that a pharmaceutical company that sold unused chemicals to a vitamin manufacturing facility is not a party liable for contribution under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,…
The court holds that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) practice of overfiling in those states where it has authorized state enforcement of the Resource Conservation and…
The court affirms, but on different grounds, a district court decision dismissing corporations' contribution claim under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability…
Applying Missouri law, the court holds that insurers had a duty to defend a college in a trespass claim against its neighbor. The neighbor filed negligence and trespass claims against the college…
The court holds that an interstate radioactive waste commission can sue a member state for violating the good-faith provisions of a radioactive waste compact. The court first holds that the…
The court holds that the former owner and operator of a refinery may not bring cost recovery or contribution actions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act…