Legal Opinion
Central Illinois Public Service Co. v. American Empire Surplus Lines Insurance
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 26, 1994No. 1-92-3016PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rakowski
This appeal arises from an underlying action in which Central Illinois Public Service Company (CIPS) is seeking a determination that over 100 primary and excess policies issued by 29 different insurers provide coverage for the cost of cleaning up environmental contamination. The contamination occurred at 13 former gas manufacturing plants which CIPS presently or formerly owned and/or operated, including a former plant site at Taylorville, Illinois. Only the Taylorville site is at issue in this appeal, and the sole policy in question is a $15 million environmental impairment liability (EIL)…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Western Illinois Oil Co. v. ThompsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1962
- Stine v. Continental Casualty Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1984
- Pacific Employers Insurance v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1990
- Forrest T. Hoyt v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, a Minnesota CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
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