Legal Opinion
In Re Tutu Water Wells Contamination Litigation
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided November 29, 1999No. Civ.1996-54(B)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrotman, Judge
I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
This case arises out of an insurance coverage dispute between Third-Party Plaintiffs Texaco Inc. and Texaco Caribbean, Inc., (collectively hereinafter "Texaco") as the Successor to Vernon Morgan, and several purported insurance carriers it claims have breached contracts to insure Vernon Morgan and have refused, in bad faith, to defend and indemnify him against numerous environmental actions. These actions resulted from Vernon Morgan's alleged negligence in allowing hazardous chemicals to be discharged from underground storage tanks at the Tutu Texaco Service…
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