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· 12/18/1996

Town of Harrison v. National Union Fire Insurance

Citations

  • 675 N.E.2d 829
  • 89 N.Y.2d 308
  • 653 N.Y.S.2d 75
  • 43 ERC (BNA) 1865
  • 1996 N.Y. LEXIS 3582

How courts have described this case

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

  • “Construing the terms of these exclusions as required, by giving the words their plain meaning, it is evident that coverage is unavailable[.]”
  • pollution exclusion applied where insured was sued by owners of adjacent properties alleging failure to abate disposal of toxic waste onto adjacent property during excavation effort
  • “[C]overage is unambiguously excluded [by pollution exclusion] for claims generated by the dumping of waste onto complainants’ properties as asserted in all of the underlying complaints[.]”
  • pollutants at issue were toxic materials placed in city landfill

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Judges: Ciparick

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