Insured Seeks Reversal Of Choice-Of-Law Ruling In Contamination Coverage Suit

Mealey's (September 4, 2018, 12:24 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals should reverse a district court’s ruling that California law, rather than Alabama law, applies to an environmental contamination coverage suit because Alabama clearly has the greater interest in applying its law to the coverage dispute, an insured argues in its Aug. 20 appellant brief (Arrow Electronics Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., et al., No. 18-55810, 9th Cir.)....