Taos Ski Valley, Inc. v. Nova Casualty Company

1:15-cv-00323

August 23, 2016
NM Justices Needn't Weigh Insurance Query, 10th Circ. Told

Nova Casualty Co. urged the Tenth Circuit on Monday to deny Taos Ski Valley Inc.'s bid to seek the New Mexico Supreme Court's input on a question of insurance law implicated in its appeal of a lower court's ruling that the ski resort isn't entitled to coverage for environmental cleanup costs, asserting that the state's law isn't unsettled on the issue.
July 20, 2016
NM Ski Resort Asks 10th Circ. To Certify Insurance Query

Taos Ski Valley Inc. asked the Tenth Circuit Tuesday to send a question of insurance law to the New Mexico Supreme Court in its appeal of a lower court's ruling that the ski resort isn't entitled to coverage from Nova Casualty Co. for the more than $1 million it spent to clean up environmental contamination on its property.
January 04, 2016
NM Ski Resort Not Covered For Enviro Cleanup, Court Says

A New Mexico ski resort isn't entitled to coverage from Nova Casualty Co. for the more than $1 million it spent to remediate environmental contamination on its property, a federal judge has ruled, finding that an exclusion in the Nova policy bars coverage for damage to property owned or occupied by the insured.

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