HNRK Coverage Corner

On November 26, 2018, Judge Feuerstein of the EDNY issued a decision in Merritt Environmental Consulting Corp. v. Great Divide Ins. Co., 17-CV-7495, holding that a policy exclusion for claims “arising out of” radioactive contamination did not require proximate causation, but rather “some causal relationship” between the contamination and the claim. In Merritt Environmental, an environmental consulting business sought coverage under a professional liability policy for lawsuits by a client alleging that Merritt negligently failed to identify radioactive ...