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Wisconsin Adds “Septage” To The List Of Substances Deemed To Be Pollutants
In Preisler v. Kuettel’s Septic Service, LLC, et al., 2014 WL 114325 (Wisc.App., Jan. 14, 2014), the intermediate level of appellate court in Wisconsin recently held that “septage” – a combination of...
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New Jersey Trial Court Holds Storm Surge Not Subject to Flood Sublimit Where...
In recent years, many courts have held that storm surge is a species of excluded flood loss; we reported on a New York example in July. This week, in Public Serv. Enter. Group, v. ACE Amer. Ins. Co.,...
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Ninth Circuit: Under Arizona Law Mudslide Can Be Covered as the Direct Result...
Last Friday, a unanimous panel of the Ninth Circuit held that loss from the excluded peril of mudslide occurring one month after a wildfire could be covered as the “direct” result of the blaze. In...
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Florida to Decide What Test Applies When Concurrent Multiple Perils Cause a Loss
For years, Florida courts have been seesawing between two different doctrines to determine whether there is coverage under a property policy when two perils – one excluded and one included — combine to...
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Coverage to Rebuild a Foundation to Comply with Changed Building Codes...
Does the efficient proximate cause rule serve to afford coverage for the additional costs to rebuild the foundation of a home in compliance with changed building code requirements beyond the sublimit...
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