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· 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

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Judges: Kane

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