Rohm & Haas Co. v. Continental Casualty Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
CAVANAUGH, J.:
¶ 1 This appeal involves insurance coverage for the clean-up of a serious environmental pollution problem in the soil, groundwater and surface water upon and in the area of a manufacturing site formerly owned and operated by appellees, Rohm and Haas Company and Rohm and Haas, Delaware Valley, Inc. (hereinafter Rohm & Haas). Rohm & Haas’ strict liability under federal law for the environmental damage at the site was not in dispute. The question to be decided at the trial of this action was whether Rohm & Haas’ various insurers, appellants herein, were under a duty to indemnify…
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