General liability insurance policies, particularly prior to 1985, often provide coverage to defend and indemnify a party
against environmental liability.
Not exact matches
We advise business clients and insurers on pollution and other
environmental claims, and have extensive experience litigating claims under federal and state statutes in clean - up cases, either defending
against liability and allocation among defendants, or seeking reimbursement for recovery costs from responsible parties.
The key feature of this type of policy is the provision of long - term protection
against identified
environmental risks as well as unknown sudden, accidental, gradual and historical pollution
liabilities that have not been identified by the parties during an M&A transaction.
Acted for a number of former directors and officers in connection with
environmental liability claims made
against them arising out of the liquidation of Northstar Aerospace
Our Product
Liability and Toxic Tort lawyers routinely draw on the resources of our
Environmental, Corporate Investigations, and White Collar and Government Practices to handle specific regulatory matters, and defend
against parallel government / regulatory investigations and orders, and provide additional strategic advice with regard to risk management.
Evaluating and pursuing insurance recovery for a wide variety of claims, including long - tail
environmental liabilities, construction defects, catastrophic personal injuries, cyber
liabilities, and claims
against directors and officers and professionals.
Raymond defends clients
against claims involving construction, product
liability, toxic tort,
environmental law, breach of contract, subrogation, and general
liability.
Victims hurt due to these
environmental hazards are typically eligible to file a premises
liability lawsuit
against the property owner.
If you owned land and found oil on it, you wouldn't extract or ship that oil without insurance
against workers compensation risks,
environmental risks, transportation risks, third - party
liability risks, product
liability risks, and a number of other types of coverage.
The bill, called the Brownfields Revitalization and
Environmental Restoration Act, S. 350, would streamline and make permanent federal cleanup rules, double annual funds for cleanup to $ 150 million, and extend protections
against liability to owners who try to clean up sites.