$25M Arbitration Award In Environmental Suit Was Properly Confirmed, Insurer Says

Mealey's (January 11, 2021, 6:47 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals should affirm a district court’s confirmation of a $25 million arbitration award entered against an excess liability insurer in an environmental contamination coverage dispute because the district court did not err in granting the insured’s motion to compel arbitration as the lower court properly construed the policy’s alternative dispute resolution provision, the insured says in a Jan. 5 appellee brief....