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Environmental Claims, Insurance Coverage
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Avalon Associates
- In the first New Jersey case to decide that ground water
belonged to the state, attorneys in the firm successfully obtained insurance coverage for a real estate
owner sued under various environmental statutes including the New
Jersey Spill Compensation and Control Act, the New Jersey Water
Pollution Control Act, and the New Jersey Underground Storage of
Hazardous Substances Act. |
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Centennial Square -
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represented a contractor sued under the Spill Act after accidentally
rupturing a 14" gasoline line. The firm also handled related
insurance coverage litigation and claims against the broker. |
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Round Valley
Reservoir - We brought a successful declaratory judgment
action on behalf of a New Jersey contractor obtaining coverage
from its general liability carriers sufficient to cover defense
costs and the settlement amount in an action brought by the New
Jersey Water Supply Commission seeking damages for a defective
release line. |
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City of
Paterson - We were retained by Paterson to present it in
litigation in which it had been named as a Potentially Responsible
Party with respect to alleged landfill pollution. |
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Tampa Int'l
Airport - Attorneys in the firm brought suit in Georgia and
obtained coverage from a contractor's general liability carrier
for claims of the airport authority arising out of a defective
runway. |
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Georgia Dept.
of Transportation - In a case ultimately heard by the Georgia
Supreme Court and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, attorneys
in the firm successfully brought suit against a surety company to
obtain coverage under the bond even though the principal had
released the obligee without consent of the surety. |
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