April 26, 2018
An Indiana federal judge on Thursday refused to rule that Westfield Insurance Co. breached its duty to defend a recycling plant in a pollution class action that resulted in a $50 million default judgment against the facility, saying there is insufficient evidence in the record to render a decision on the issue.
September 12, 2017
Westfield Insurance Co. asked an Indiana federal judge Monday to reject a summary judgment motion from the neighbors of a recycling plant who are seeking the insurer's contribution to a more than $50 million judgment in their class action over pollution, saying that they have no grounds to block its policy defense.
November 07, 2016
A class of neighbors in Elkhart, Indiana, shot back in federal court Monday at Westfield Insurance Co.'s bid to escape covering a multimillion-dollar award owed by a waste disposal facility to the residents for pollution from the facility, saying a past declaratory judgment doesn't get the insurer off the hook for the bill.
October 17, 2016
Westfield Insurance Co. told an Indiana federal court on Friday that it owes no part of a $50.57 million judgment owed by a waste disposal facility to a class of neighbors who sued over pollution from the facility, saying the court already decided the relevant insurance policies didn't cover the claims in the suit.
January 30, 2013
An Indiana federal judge granted class certification on Tuesday to a group of 1,700 Indiana residents who have sued the owners of a nearby wood recycling plant, claiming that dangerous air emissions from waste processing at the facility have harmed their health and the environment.
February 09, 2012
An Indiana federal court judge refused on Thursday to release Soil Solutions Co. from a class action brought by Indiana residents that seeks to hold the waste disposal company liable as successor in interest for the mandated cleanup of an Elkhart, Ind., waste facility it acquired in July.