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Civil Litigation,
Insurance,
Corporate

Oct. 18, 2017

Litigation tests limits of insurance ‘elective stacking’ rule

An action brought against Montrose Chemical Corporation in 1990 has generated over 20 years of associated insurance coverage litigation. The dispute recently gave way to yet another precedential insurance coverage decision.

William S. Bennett

Saxe Doernberger & Vita PC

Email: wsb@sdvlaw.com

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An action brought against Montrose Chemical Corporation in 1990 has generated over 20 years of associated insurance coverage litigation. The dispute, based on the company's long-time manufacturing of the pesticide DDT, recently gave way to yet another precedential insurance coverage decision, Montrose Chemical Corp. v. Superior Court, 2017 DJDAR 8674 (Cal. Ct. App. Aug. 31, 2017). Following the California Supreme Court's decision in

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