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· 12/26/1985

Transamerica Insurance v. Sunnes

Citations

  • 711 P.2d 212
  • 77 Or. App. 136

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding property damage caused by intentional discharges in regular course of business of acid and caustic wastes into city sewer line ineligible for coverage under “sudden and accidental” exception to pollution-exclusion clause even if damage had been unintended
  • insurer did not have duty to defend or indemnify in case submitted to the court on parties’ stipulation of facts
  • insurer did not have duty to defend or indemnify in case submitted to the court on parties' stipulation of facts
  • the qualified pollution exclusion clearly and unambiguously precludes coverage for intentional and nonsudden discharges of pollutants
  • the qualified pollution exclusion clearly and unambiguously precludes coverage for intentional and nonsudden discharges of pollutants
  • “The exception to the exclusion clause is concerned only with whether the discharge or release of pollutants is accidental or intended and not with whether the resulting damage was also intended.”

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Judges: Buttler, Warren, Rossman

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