6-Year Delay In Notice Bars Coverage For Underlying Contamination Suit

Mealey's (December 10, 2019, 9:01 AM EST) -- PEORIA, Ill. — An Illinois federal judge on Dec. 5 granted an insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings after determining that no coverage is afforded for an underlying environmental contamination suit arising out of the insured’s mining operation because the insured’s six-year delay in providing the insurer with notice of the underlying suit bars coverage (Rockhill Insurance Co. v. Carri Scharf Materials Co., No. 18-1380, C.D. Ill., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 209581)....