August 21, 2017
A Louisiana federal judge has refused to reconsider her July decision to release a pair of insurers from multiple suits over coverage for injuries allegedly caused by careless sandblasting in a Louisiana shipyard.
July 13, 2017
A Louisiana federal court Wednesday found two of the insurers involved in a tangle of suits over coverage for injuries allegedly caused by careless sandblasting in a Louisiana shipyard don't have to defend the shipyard, and let a third insurer out entirely on subject-matter jurisdiction grounds.
November 28, 2016
A Louisiana federal judge last week refused to let Arch Insurance Co. off the hook from its defense of contractors and a shipyard accused of dispersing silica dust and toxic substances during a project, ruling the insured companies don't qualify as "polluters" within the definition of the insurance policy.
March 30, 2016
A Louisiana federal judge on Wednesday refused to let Hanover Insurance off the hook from its defense of a contractor accused in state personal injury lawsuits of dispersing silica dust and toxic substances during a shipyard project.
December 09, 2015
A contracting company facing allegations that it dispersed silica dust and toxic substances during a shipyard project fired back at a group of insurers that denied coverage, telling a Louisiana federal judge Tuesday that pollution exclusions and time-barred claim excuses don't apply.
December 01, 2015
Three insurers asked a Louisiana federal judge on Tuesday to rule that policies they issued to a contractor don't require them to defend the company against allegations that it dispersed silica dust and toxic substances during a shipyard project, rejecting the contractor's claims to the contrary.
October 28, 2015
A labor supply company told a Louisiana federal judge Tuesday that Great American Insurance Co. can't duck coverage for a shipyard's suit over botched work contracts, because contrary to the insurer's contention that there's no evidence that contractors worked at the shipyard, the company owner says otherwise.
September 22, 2011
Hanover Insurance Co. on Wednesday sued Superior Labor Services Inc. in Louisiana to avoid defending or indemnifying the company against underlying, third-party demands alleging it breached work contracts and gave rise to claims over silica exposure from sandblasting operations.