Legal Opinion
Hazen Paper Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 14, 1990PublishedCited by 246 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
Hazen Paper Company (Hazen) brought this action in October, 1986, seeking, among other things, a declaration that its insurer (USF&G) was obliged to defend and indemnify it with respect to claims against Hazen arising out of alleged environmental pollution by a facility to which Ha-zen had sent solvents for recycling from 1976 to 1979.
In 1983, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notified Hazen by letter that Hazen was a potentially responsible party (PRP) under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. §§ 9601-9657…
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