Legal Opinion
Snydergeneral Corp. v. Great American Insurance
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided April 25, 1996No. 3:90-cv-02396PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
KAPLAN, United States Magistrate Judge.
Defendants Great American Insurance Company and United States Fire Insurance Company have filed motions for summary judgment based on certain defenses under a comprehensive general liability policy. The Court holds that: (1) the pollution exclusion unambiguously precludes coverage for the regular, continuous and intentional discharge of toxic chemicals over an extended period of time; (2) plaintiff cannot circumvent the plain language of this policy exclusion under the guise of regulatory estoppel; and (3) the summary judgment…
2Cases cited58 opinions
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