· 10/23/1989
New Castle County v. Continental Cas. Co.(CNA)
Citations
- 725 F. Supp. 800
- 21 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 21
- 31 ERC (BNA) 1297
- 1989 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13159
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding in leachate pollution case that the “entire injurious process may constitute ‘injury’ under the terms of the policies”
- holding that “injurious process” was initiated before leachate contamination
- holding that \injurious process\ was initiated before leachate contamination
- noting that the “process that led to this property damage began as early as the first half of 1969” and referring to testimony indicating that “there had been a slight deterioration of the wells at Tybouts by July, 1969”
- “CNA offered unrefuted evidence ... that leachate would have eventually caused property damage even had all chemical waste been turned away from the site.”
- state-of-the-art knowledge about leachate from landfills apparently introduced by insured on issue of whether the pollution was expected
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Judges: Latchum
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