Panel Reverses, Says Insurers Have Duty To Defend Seller Of Contaminated Land

(July 17, 2023, 11:49 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California appellate panel ruled that a trial court erred by granting summary adjudication in favor of two insurers on the duty to defend a lawsuit against an insured for violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws due to ongoing groundwater contamination at an industrial property it sold in 1995....