Legal Opinion
Spartan Petroleum Company, Incorporated v. Federated Mutual Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 17, 1998No. 97-2556PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part by published opinion. Judge LUTTIG wrote the opinion, which Senior Judge BUTZNER and Judge THORNBURG joined.
OPINION
LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:
This diversity suit is a dispute over insurance coverage for the insured’s liability to a third party for an underground gasoline leak. We hold that under South Carolina law the insurance policy was only triggered once the gasoline reached the third-party’s property and that the insurer must indemnify the insured only for the damage that occurred while the policy was in effect.
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