Legal Opinion
North Pacific Insurance v. Mai
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided May 23, 1997No. 22331PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Justice.
This is a liability insurance case. We conclude that the phrase “sudden and accidental” in an exception to a pollution exclusion provision contained in the insurance policy is not ambiguous.
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THE BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS
Leslie Mai (Mai) owns and operates Grease Monkey and Bengal Car Wash (the Grease Monkey), a business in Pocatello, Idaho that changes automobile oil and oil filters. From January 1984 to December 1987, the used oil was pumped from a tank at the Grease Monkey into a truck owned and operated by an employee of Ekotek, Inc. (Eko-tek), a hazardous material…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- City of Boise v. Planet InsuranceIdaho Supreme Court · 1994
- Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance v. RobertsIdaho Supreme Court · 1996
- Bluestone v. MathewsonIdaho Supreme Court · 1982
- Mutual of Enumclaw v. WilcoxIdaho Supreme Court · 1992
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- State v. McCarthyIdaho Court of Appeals · 1999
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