Panel Revives Insured’s Asbestos Coverage Case Regarding Trigger Theory

(February 27, 2020, 10:32 AM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A Rhode Island choice-of-law case does not collaterally or judicially estop an insured from seeking a ruling that California’s “continuous trigger” rule rather than Rhode Island’s “manifestation trigger” rule controls over the definition of an “occurrence” in its asbestos coverage dispute, a California appeals panel ruled Feb. 25 (Textron, Inc. v. Travelers Casualty and Surety Co., No. B262933, Calif. App., 2nd Dist., Div. 4, 2020 Cal. App. LEXIS 151)....