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Intentional Toxic Discharge Not Protected by Insurance
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1990.tb06927.x
Subject(s) - liability , liability insurance , business , accidental , toxic waste , actuarial science , law , hazardous waste , political science , engineering , waste management , finance , physics , acoustics
The Court of Appeals of New York held that a company's allegedly intentional, long‐term discharge of toxic waste chemicals into a creek was not an “accidental” occurrence that qualified as an exception to a pollution exclusion‐from‐coverage provision in its general liability insurance policy.