Non-Cumulation Clauses Do Not Apply In Asbestos Coverage Dispute, Panel Says

(February 26, 2019, 9:06 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — A trial court did not err in determining that non-cumulation clauses included in a number of insurance policies implicated in an asbestos coverage dispute cannot be applied because the allocation method agreed upon between the insurers and the insured allocated the losses in such a way that no policy covered the same portion of the loss as another policy, the First District Illinois Appellate Court said Feb. 13 (Continental Casualty Co., et al. v. Hennessy Industries Inc., et al., No. 1-18-0209, Ill. App., 1st Dist., 2nd Div., 2019 Ill. App. Unpub. LEXIS 218)....

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