Boryla v. Pash
Jun 25, 1998OUTCOME: Judgment for Plaintiff in excess of $500,000
Unreasonable delay and misdiagnosis of breast cancer
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OUTCOME: Judgment for Plaintiff in excess of $500,000
Unreasonable delay and misdiagnosis of breast cancer
OUTCOME: Multiple Settlements of Multi-Million Dollar Superfund Liabilities
The Lowry Landfill Superfund (CERCLA) action was one of the first major co-disposal mega-Superfund site response actions brought in 1985 by EPA and the Colorado Dept of Public Health and Environmment. ... The series of administrative proceedings resulted in both confidential and non-confidential settlements ranging from "de minimus" party amounts to tens of millions of dollars with various potentially responsible parties ("PRPs").
OUTCOME: Case established ambiguity of pollution exclusion
This is the seminal case on the duty to defend under comprehensive/commercial general liabilty policies in Colorado. Hecla Mining also established that the pollution exclusion clause does not preclud ... e coverage for environmental damage claims so long as the policyholder did not subjectively expect or intend the release of pollutants, contaminants, irritants or waste materials containing hazardous substances.