VERDICT: $59,500, auto/school bus, summary judgment negligence, $92,929 Ridley, neck/back/chest/ankle. [Read more…]
Insurance, church sex abuse, policy period
INSURANCE: No duty to defend/indemnity Diocese for alleged sex abuse which occurred prior to 1/1/77 under occurrence-based certificates or that occurred before 7/1/90 under claims-made certificates… unreasonable to require coverage for events that [Read more…]
Insurance, abstention, church sex abuse cases
INSURANCE: Abstention from coverage declaratory request in deference to state court church sex abuse proceedings… request to add claim arising from discovery of 1994 settlement agreement similarly denied… Lovell. [Read more…]
Right to know, tank pollution recoveries
RIGHT TO KNOW: Protective order denied in suit alleging fraudulent double recovery of tank pollution recovery funds… Sherlock. [Read more…]
Continuing tort, RR contamination, certified
CONTINUING TORT: Contamination that has stabilized as to quantity or concentration but continues to migrate will toll statute until harm no longer reasonably can be abated… certified question from Cebull. [Read more…]
Settlement release, drain tile v. contamination
SETTLEMENT RELEASE: 1992 class action settlement/judgment intended only to release drain tile claims… tile plaintiffs had no [Read more…]
Summary judgment, expert materials “on file,”
SUMMARY JUDGMENT improperly granted to product liability Defendant without consideration of Plaintiff’s expert materials “on file” in response to separate motion to exclude witnesses… J. Brown reversed. [Read more…]