Judge: Settlement Cannot Be Enforced Until City Resolves Insurance Dispute

Mealey's (February 5, 2018, 3:40 PM EST) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A federal judge in California on Feb. 2 denied a landowner’s motion to enforce a settlement agreement with a city accused of contributing to perchloroethylene (PCE) contamination, finding that the city must first resolve a dispute with its insurance carriers to obtain coverage (Gary Coppola, et al. v. Gregory Smith, et al., No. 11-CV-1257 AWI BAM, E.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17769)....