Summit Assoc. v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• prior to 1984, discharge had to threaten waters of state to trigger Spill Act; discharge which threatened natural resources not subject to the act
• “our courts have consistently interpreted that exclusion to constitute the equivalent of an occurrence and to eliminate coverage only where such damages appear to be expected or intended on the part of the insured.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).