On January 8, 2015, in Travelers Indem. Co. v. Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc., the New York Appellate Division upheld a decision finding that Orange & Rockland Utilities Inc.’s notice to Travelers Indemnity Co. of potential environmental liabilities was late as a matter of law. As a result, Travelers was not required to provide
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Insureds Must Exhaust Coverage From Solvent Insurers Before Seeking Benefits From PLIGA
By Gerard M. Giordano on
Posted in Environmental Insurance
On September 24, 2013, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that policyholders must look to its solvent insurers before seeking benefits from the New Jersey Property-Liability Insurance Guaranty Association (“Guaranty Association”). Farmers Mut. Fire Ins. Co. of Salem v. N.J. Property-Liability Ins. Guar. Ass’n involved two environmental cleanup cases that were consolidated. In both cases,…
Guaranteed Cleanup Cost Contracts: A Keystone for Contaminated Property Deals
Often the hardest issue to negotiate in a real estate transaction involving a contaminated property is which of the parties has to pay if the actual environmental cleanup costs are much higher than the estimate used by the parties when they negotiated the deal terms. Many deals used to die over this issue either because…