Legal Opinion

Textron, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided June 22, 2000No. 98-357-AppealPublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

Insurance coverage for a manufacturer’s pollution-cleanup costs forms the declaration page of this appeal. A Superior Court motion justice granted partial summary judgment in favor of the defendant-insurer, Insurance Company of North America (INA), and against the plaintiff-insured, Textron, Inc. (Textron), ruling that no insurance coverage existed under the circumstances of this case. Textron argues on appeal that the motion justice: (1) incorrectly applied the trigger-of-coverage doctrine that we formulated in CPC International, Inc. v. Northbrook Excess & Surplus…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Continental Casualty Co. v. Rapid-American Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1993
  2. Queen City Farms, Inc. v. Central Nat'l Ins. Co. of OmahaWashington Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Morton International, Inc. v. General Accident InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1993
  4. Claussen v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1989
  5. Northern Insurance Company of New York v. Aardvark Associates, Inc. And Insurance Company of North America, Aardvark Associates, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY v. Ribi Immunochem Research, Inc.Montana Supreme Court · 2005
  2. Buell Industries, Inc. v. Greater New York Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
  3. Dutton-Lainson Co. v. Continental InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 2006
  4. Emhart Industries, Inc. v. Home InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 2007
  5. United Nuclear Corp. v. Allstate InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2012

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