Insurer’s Failure To Exclude Parties Was A Mistake, 3rd Circuit Says In Affirming

Mealey's (December 15, 2017, 11:57 AM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 14 affirmed a New Jersey federal judge’s ruling in favor of an insurer in an environmental contamination dispute after determining that the insurer’s failure to exclude coverage to certain parties involved in the contamination dispute clearly was a mistake or scrivener’s error (Indian Harbor Insurance Co. v. NL Environmental Management Services Inc., et al., Nos. 16-3262, 16-3293, 3rd Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 25277)....