Environmental
Mar. 18, 2013
In fight over cleanup of contaminated properties, circuit narrows options for insurers
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that under federal Superfund law, insurance companies must follow a narrow legal path in order to recover cleanup costs.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A divided federal appeals court on Friday limited the options insurance companies have to recover money they spend cleaning up contaminated properties. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that under federal Superfund law, insurance companies that are reimbursing a business for its cleanup costs must follow a narrow legal path in order to recover that money from companies they believe are responsible for ...
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