Law360, New York (February 9, 2012, 2:14 PM EST) -- A Texas landscaping company facing pollution cleanup costs at the site of a former graphite mine on Wednesday accused its insurer, Chartis Specialty Insurance Co., of trying to avoid punitive damages through an illegal reading of their prior settlement agreement.
Greensmiths Inc. asked a Texas federal judge to rule that American International Specialty Lines Insurance Co. — now known as Chartis Specialty Insurance — could not assert that their September 2006 settlement blocks Greensmiths from recovering all prospective punitive, exemplary and extra contractual damages, even those...
Mine Site Owner Blasts Chartis' Effort To Avoid Damages
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