Legal Opinion

Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Monsanto Co.

District Court, D. Connecticut

Decided March 22, 1988No. Civ. H-88-34(AHN)PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RULING ON MOTION FOR STAY

NEVAS, District Judge.

The Travelers Indemnity Company (“Travelers”) filed this action on January 19, 1988, asking the court to resolve and declare certain responsibilities and liabilities asserted against Travelers by Monsanto Corporation (“Monsanto”) in connection with multi-million dollar environmental cleanup claims pending against Monsanto around the country. Travelers is potentially implicated in those claims because it provided comprehensive general liability insurance to Monsanto from 1971 to 1978. In a nutshell, Travelers asserts that by the terms of its…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Brillhart v. Excess Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  4. Will v. Calvert Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Mottolese v. KaufmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949

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3Cited by11 opinions

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