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| Titel: |
Wisconsin environmental insurance coverage law is back on traditional, pro-insured road |
| Auteur: |
Bogart, Steven P. |
| Verschenen in: |
Environmental claims journal |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 10 (1997) nr. 1 pagina's 31-45 |
| Jaar: |
1997 |
| Inhoud: |
Wisconsin has a long history of being pro-insured in insurance coverage matters. Wisconsin courts have been particularly firm with insurers who fail to defend their insureds. When insurance coverage issues began to arise in the environmental context, there was every reason to believe that Wisconsin courts would join the numerous other courts around the nation finding coverage under comprehensive general liability (CGL) policies for environmental claims. However, the Wisconsin Supreme Court detoured from its normal pro-insured position in its decision in City of Edgerton v. General Casualty. In Edgerton, Wisconsin's highest court ruled that an insurer had no duty to defend because letters to potentially responsible parties (PRP letters) from the U.S. EPA or the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are not “suits”; and that CERCLA response costs are not “damages”; under CGLpolicies. The supreme court has limited Edgerton, finding in Hills and WPS that an insured that has been sued for reimbursement of response costs incurred by another party is subject to a “suit seeking damages”; and entitled to a defense. The state of the law prior to Edgerton, the impact of Edgerton, and recent decisions in Hills and WPS limiting Edgerton are discussed in this article, as well as other significant Wisconsin cases affecting insurance coverage for environmental claims. |
| Uitgever: |
Routledge |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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