· 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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