Legal Opinion
Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. v. North Vernon Drop Forge, Inc.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided December 15, 2009No. 40A05-0904-CV-220PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VAIDIK, Judge.
Case Summary
The defendant insureds agreed to provide a third party with "clean fill" dirt from their steel forge. The fill dirt turned out to be contaminated. The third party sued the insureds for depositing contaminated waste on his property. The complaint alleged intentional and unintentional torts, breach of contract theories, and striet liability causes of action. The defendants' commercial general lability insurer filed this action seeking declaration that it had no duty to defend the insureds in the underlying suit. In the course of summary judgment proceedings, the…
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