Legal Opinion
FMC Corp. v. Plaisted & Companies
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 3, 1998No. Docket Nos. H013360, H015090, H015511, H016104, H016674, H016805, H016806, H017215PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BAMATTRE-MANOUKIAN, J.
— These eight appeals arise from a single superior court action, and address specific aspects of the duty of a general liability insurer to indemnify its insured for the cost of reimbursing government agencies and of complying with orders for investigation and remediation of toxic contamination to soil, surface water, and groundwater beneath the surface of the soil.
The general liability insurance policies, issued by London insurers, are of the type known in American insurance practice as comprehensive or commercial general liability (or CGL) policies. The policies…
2Cases cited70 opinions
- Waller v. Truck Insurance Exchange, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1995
- Gray v. Zurich Insurance Co.California Supreme Court · 1966
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. G. W. Thomas Drayage & Rigging Co.California Supreme Court · 1968
- AIU Insurance v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
- Montrose Chemical Corp. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1993
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- Dart Industries, Inc. v. Commercial Union Insurance Co.California Supreme Court · 2002
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