Legal Opinion
Potomac Electric Power Co. v. California Union Insurance
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 30, 1991No. Civ. A. 88-2091PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN H. PRATT, District Judge.
I. Introduction
This case presents the Court with an overriding issue: are insurance companies required to indemnify policyholders for expenditures made by them to remedy environmental damage caused by a third party?
The plaintiff, a large electric utility which primarily serves the District of Columbia and parts of Maryland, purchased twenty-one excess comprehensive general liability (“CGL”) policies from the nine insurance companies which are the defendants in this case. 1 This lawsuit arises from the defendants’ refusal to indemnify The Potomac…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Seaboard Surety Co. v. Gillette Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Boeing Co. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1990
- C. D. Spangler Construction Co. v. Industrial Crankshaft & Engineering Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1990
- Falcon Insurance Co. v. Eli Lilly & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
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