· 1/5/2006
Brooks v. Parshall
Citations
- 25 A.D.3d 853
- 806 N.Y.S.2d 796
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- construing “sudden” non-temporally, and holding that property damage allegedly caused by undetected leak from insured’s gasoline storage tank eligible for coverage under “sudden and accidental” exception to pollution-exclusion clause
- “[T]he word ‘sudden’ as used in liability insurance need not be limited to an instantaneous happening”
- Pollution Exclusion clause ambiguous and regardless of initial intent of lack thereof, unintended damage constitutes an accident covered by the insurer.
- “sudden” need not be limited to an instantaneous happening
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Kane
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