5th Circuit Panel Refuses To Rehear Environmental Damage Coverage Dispute

Mealey's (June 11, 2019, 9:35 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A panel of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 3 denied  a petition for rehearing filed by a company that conducted fracking operations on an insured's facility asking it to reconsider its ruling that reversed a federal court's finding that a site pollution legal liability insurer waived its subrogation rights under an onshore master services agreement (MSA) (Halliburton Energy Services Inc. v. Ironshore Specialty Insurance Co., No. 17-20678 consolidated with No. 18-20239, 5th Cir.)....