Back in the 1980s, when we were all fighting over the meaning of the “sudden and accidental” pollution exclusion, it became fashionable for coverage lawyers to quote “Alice in Wonderland.” If memory serves, there was even a battle of law review articles (sponsored by the insurance industry on one side and corporate policyholders on the
Contract construction
Cost-Cap Policies and Environmental Cleanup Costs
By Gene Killian on
Posted in Contract construction, Environmental coverage
My first boss in this business, the late Gene Anderson, used to collect briefs filed by insurance companies in cases around the country. Then, when a carrier attempted to take an inconsistent position in a case that he was handling, he would present the court with a brief filed by the carrier somewhere else, in…