Legal Opinion
Gerrish Corporation, Doing Business as Gerrish Motors, Doing Business as Scrub-A-Dub v. Universal Underwriters Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 30, 1991No. 1480, Docket 91-7008PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge:
In this diversity action we must determine whether an insurance organization authorized to act on behalf of member insurance companies can substantively alter a policy of insurance that was traditionally amended only by the insurance company and whether environmental response costs fall within the meaning of “damages” under a general liability policy.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, Parker, J, entered on December 5, 1990. See Gerrish Corp. v. Universal Underwriters Ins. Co., 754 F.Supp. 358 (D.Vt.1990).…
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