Legal Opinion
United States Fire Insurance v. City of Warren
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 23, 2003No. Nos. 02-1066, 02-1082 and 02-1085PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.
Several residents of the City of Warren (‘Warren”) suffered property damage when the city’s sewage system backed up and spilled into their homes. Under a reservation of right to decline coverage because the policy contained an absolute pollution exclusion, plaintiff United States Fire Insurance Company (“U.S.Fire”), Warren’s commercial general liability insurance carrier, defended the city in a class action and several other lawsuits filed in state court by property owners seeking to recover for the damage from the sewage backup. When Warren eventually settled with…
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- Meridian Mutual Insurance Company v. Roslyn E. Kellman, Skender Bajrami, Individually and Doing Business as Kopliku Painting CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
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