Prior Judgment Against Insured Bars Claims Against Insurers In CERCLA Coverage Suit

Mealey's (March 3, 2020, 12:30 PM EST) -- INDIANAPOLIS — A federal judge in Indiana on Feb. 28 held that a default judgment entered against an insured in a Michigan lawsuit precludes a third party’s claims against insurers because the present lawsuit seeks coverage for the insured’s liability for contaminated groundwater “under the very same policies at issue” in the Michigan lawsuit (Lusher Site Remediation Group v. National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, et al., No. 18-03785, S.D. Ind., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34919)....