Legal Opinion
Apana Ex Rel. Estate of Apana v. TIG Insurance
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided August 16, 2007No. Civil 06-00653 JMS/LEKPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
SEABRIGHT, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This diversity case raises three questions relating to Hawaii state insurance law: (1) whether the Defendant, TIG Insurance Company (“TIG”), had a duty to defend against Plaintiff Bill Apana’s (“Plaintiff’) claims where courts nationwide are divided on the applicable legal issue and the Hawaii Supreme Court and Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals have not addressed the topic; (2) whether a Total Pollution Exclusion Endorsement precludes coverage under state law…
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