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Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Subrogated Claims Brought Under CERCLA Sections 107(a) and 112(c), as well as State Law Theories
March 28th, 2013
By Tiffany Hedgpeth and Michael Einhorn On March 15, 2013, the Ninth Circuit held in Chubb Custom Ins. Co. v. Space Systems/Loral, Inc., Case No. 11-16272, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 5198 (9th Cir., March 15, 2013), that the insurer Chubb Custom Insurance…
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California Supreme Court Invalidates the Last Vestiges of the Common Law Release Rule – Plaintiffs May Recover the Unsatisfied Portion of All Awarded Damages from Nonsettling Joint Tortfeasors, Even in the Absence of a Good Faith Settlement
September 6th, 2012
Until the California Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Leung v. Verdugo Hills Hospital, S192768, the common law release rule was technically still good law in California. Yet, the rule has long lain dormant due to jurisprudence and legislation that…
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State of California v. Continental Insurance: California Supreme Court Ruling Paves the Way for “Stacking” Multiple Insurance Policy Limits in Response to Certain Environmental Cleanup Claims
August 30th, 2012
On August 9, 2012, in State of California v. Continental Insurance, S170506, the California Supreme Court applied the “all sums-with-stacking” rule to allow the State of California to “stack” the policy limits of several successive insurance…
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Statutory Contribution and Indemnity Claims Brought Under HSAA Are Barred By Good Faith Settlement Determination Pursuant To CCP §§ 877 and 877.6
April 5th, 2010
On March 20, 2010, the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Fourth Appellate District, filed an opinion holding that a trial court’s determination of a good faith settlement under California Code of Civil Procedure (“CCP”) sections 877 a…
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Tags: Michael Einhorn