CPC International, Inc. v. Northbrook Excess & Surplus Insurance’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Erie Co v. Tompkins · Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Estate J Bosch Second National Bank of New Haven · West v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. · Technicon Electronics Corp. v. American Home Assurance Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“shall mean loss of or direct damage to or destruction of tangible property (other than property owned by any Insured) and which results in an Occurrence during the policy period 5”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]o be compensated under the policy for both claims (the Town of Lincoln claim and the EPA-related claim), all the disputed issues must be decided in CPC's favor.... Consequently all the threshold issues posed by the above questions will be resolved in such a way as to bolster CPC's claim for coverage under the insurance policy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]here the insured has taken reasonable precautions against contaminating the environment and the dispersal of pollutants is both accidental and unforeseen, we are of the view that the 'sudden and accidental' exception to the exclusion is applicable and the loss is thereby covered by the policy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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