Superfund Site Results in $3 Million Coverage Row

An Oregon Judge required RLI Insurance to reimburse three other insurers more than $2.9 million in defense costs surrounding litigation over a Portland Oregon Superfund site. The other insurers defended Northwest Pipe Co. in its litigation over the Superfund site after Northwest’s facility was identified as part of the superfund site by the EPA and state departments. Northwest’s insurers expended money in the required investigation of the site and facility as well as the defense to claims brought by the EPA and state agencies.

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