Insurer Removes Suit Seeking Coverage For Settlement Of Contamination Class Action

(December 9, 2016, 3:08 PM EST) -- CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An insurer on Dec. 5 removed an insured’s suit seeking coverage for an underlying class action settlement arising out of a chemical spill into a West Virginia river to West Virginia federal court on the bases that complete diversity of citizenship exists between the parties and the amount in controversy exceeds the federal requirement (West Virginia-American Water Co. v. Starr Indemnity and Liability Co., No. 16-11688, S.D. W.Va.)....