Judges and Judiciary
Apr. 7, 2020
State high court sides with Montrose in insurance dispute
The ruling widens coverage options for continuous injury cases such as toxic torts and construction defect.
Justice Leondra R. Kruger
In an opinion described by insurance experts as "very impactful," the state Supreme Court sided Monday with Montrose Chemical Corp. in a dispute over coverage of a decades-long legal epic related to DDT pollution in Los Angeles County and the Pacific Ocean.
Justices agreed Montrose could tap other insurance policies without exhausting every relevant lower-level excess policy, rejecting a so-called horizontal exhaustion rule pushed b...
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