Policies Will Be Construed Under New York And Connecticut Law, Judge Says

Mealey's (January 22, 2019, 9:14 AM EST) -- LAFAYETTE, Ind. — New York and Connecticut law will be applied to an insured’s policies implicated in an environmental liability coverage dispute because the insured was headquartered in both states and the majority of the evidence indicates that the policies at issue were contracted in New York, an Indiana federal magistrate judge said Jan. 15 in granting an insurer’s motion for partial summary judgment (Landis+Gyr, et al. v. Zurich American Insurance Co., No. 16-82, N.D. Ind., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6964)....