Legal Opinion
Benjamin Moore & Co. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided March 24, 2004PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Long
Because of the scientific uncertainties inherent in pinpointing the onset and course of progressive environmental injury, tradi*91tional liability insurance contract language did not resolve the question of when an “occurrence” takes place in that context. In Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. United Insurance Co., 138 N.J. 437, 650 A.2d 974 (1994), we adopted the continuous-trigger theory, which posits that such injury occurs during each phase of environmental contamination from exposure to manifestation. Id. at 451, 650 A.2d 974. We held such injury to be an “occurrence” triggering each applicable…
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