Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's

The defendant insurers, Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, and Certain London Market Insurance Companies (collectively, London), appeal from a Superior Court judgment requiring London to indemnify the plaintiff insured, Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (CBI), for environmental cleanup and litigation expenses in connection with a lumber company’s processing operation, which contaminated a number of sites across the country with creosote over a period of some fifty years. London contends, in essence, that its liability for indemnification should be calculated in accordance with the…