St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. McCormick & Baxter Creosoting Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
(Consolidated for Argument and Opinion)
1Opinion of the CourtGraber, J.
This case involves insurance coverage under a number of general comprehensive liability (GCL) policies issued to McCormick & Baxter Creosoting Co. (M&B), by different insurers, from 1949 through 1985. M&B seeks coverage under those policies for costs incurred in investigating and correcting environmental contamination that resulted from its operations in California and Oregon. The trial court concluded that the policies did not cover M&B for that environmental damage and granted the insurers’ motions for summary judgment. The Court of Appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment…
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