Lion Oil Company v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA et al

  1. November 04, 2015

    Lion Oil Wins $72M Jury Verdict In Exxon Spill Coverage Row

    An Arkansas federal jury handed Lion Oil Co. a nearly $72 million win Wednesday in its suit over insurance coverage for business interruption losses stemming from the rupture of an Exxon Mobil-owned pipeline, finding that the rupture, and not a regulatory shutdown, directly caused the damages.

  2. November 03, 2015

    Insurers Can't Revive Exclusion In $80M Exxon Oil Spill Row

    An Arkansas federal judge on Tuesday refused to reconsider her months-old ruling that insurers can't use a "latent defect" policy exclusion to avoid covering Lion Oil Co.'s $80 million in business interruption losses stemming from the rupture of an Exxon Mobil Corp.-owned pipeline, saying her reasoning holds up.

  3. November 02, 2015

    Lion Oil Wins Policy Limit Bout In $80M Exxon Rupture Row

    An Arkansas federal judge in an $80 million insurance coverage row over Lion Oil Co.'s losses stemming from the rupture of an Exxon Mobil Corp.-owned pipeline ruled Monday that certain coverage grants are subject only to the policies' total $700 million limit, an interpretation that insurers had earlier called "absurd."

  4. November 02, 2015

    Insurers Seek Judgment In $80M Exxon Rupture Suit

    A group of insurers urged an Arkansas federal judge Monday to grant judgment in their favor in Lion Oil Co.'s suit over $80 million in business interruption losses stemming from the rupture of an Exxon Mobil Corp.-owned pipeline, saying the oil company can't prove its case.

  5. September 10, 2015

    Insurers Denied Quick Win In $80M Exxon Rupture Row

    An Arkansas federal judge denied insurers a quick win Thursday in Lion Oil Co.'s suit over $80 million in business interruption losses stemming from the rupture of an Exxon Mobil Corp.-owned pipeline, sending the coverage question to trial.

  6. October 09, 2013

    Lion Wants $80M In Exxon Pipeline Breach Losses Covered

    Lion Oil Co. demanded $80 million in indemnification from more than a dozen insurers in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday for losses from an Exxon Mobil Corp. pipeline rupture that crippled traffic to and from its flagship Arkansas refinery for nearly a year.

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