St. Mary's Area Water Authority v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance

MEMORANDUM

CALDWELL, District Judge.

I. Introduction.

We are considering the motion of defendant, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co., for reconsideration of our order of October 27, 2006, granting summary judgment for plaintiff, St. Mary’s Area Water Authority. The order imposed liability on the defendant insurance company for property losses the Authority sustained after chlorine gas escaped from a pinhole leak in a pigtail pipe at its water-treatment facility-

The Authority had an all-risk policy with St. Paul and filed this suit for breach of contract, alleging that St. Paul was obligated to…