Insurers Have No Duty To Indemnify Insured For Contamination Costs

Mealey's (May 2, 2019, 1:28 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — An insured seeking coverage for costs associated with investigating and remediating environmental contamination at former manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites is not entitled  to indemnity from two insurers because the insured failed to provide timely notice of the contamination at the sites as required by the policies at issue, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said April 25 in affirming a district court’s dismissal of the insured’s suit (New York State Electric and Gas Corp. v. Century Indemnity Co., et al., No. 18-1012, 2nd Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 13085)....