Legal Opinion
Smith v. Hughes Aircraft Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 26, 1993No. Nos. 91-16758, 91-16876, 91-16877, 92-15815, 92-16901 and 92-16957PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:
OVERVIEW
In 1985, approximately 2,400 residents of the City of Tucson (“the Valenzuela claims”) sued Hughes Aircraft Company (“Hughes”) for injuries arising out of contamination of their drinking water due to Hughes’ practice of discharging trichloroethylene (“TCE”) into unlined ponds. In 1991, Hughes settled the Valenzuela claims with a payment of almost $85 million. Ronald John Smith and other Lloyd’s underwriters (“Lloyd’s”), Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company (“Hart*1451ford”), and Insurance Company of North America (“INA”) (collectively referred to as “Insurers”)…
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