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A Fortune 500 company's repeated disposal of industrial wastes into its on-site lagoons and landfills as sites throughout the United States resulted in environmental cleanup claims in excess of $1 billion.
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In our Environmental Practice, we principally represent insurers and reinsurers in coverage analysis, adjustment counseling, and defense of environmental claims. Our firm serves as national, regional, and local counsel to various primary, excess, and umbrella insurers in environmental coverage disputes and represent insureds in the defense of claims alleging exposure to contaminants/pollutants, chemical sensitivity, and toxic torts. The attorneys at Fisher Kanaris, P.C. are experienced and knowledgeable in the interpretation and applicability of all types of insurance coverage and their relationship to environmental claims. Fisher Kanaris, P.C. has advised clients in many cases of first impression and our attorneys have also assisted in the development of corporate environmental compliance programs. As part of the Environmental Practice, our attorneys evaluated and litigated on the trial and appellate levels a myriad of pollution and contamination issues. Our attorneys have been involved in the majority of the largest and most significant environmental insurance coverage actions across the country, including multi-site and multi-state claims brought by numerous Fortune 500 corporations such as Alcoa, Boeing, General Mills, J.R. Simplot, PPG, Stone Container, United Technologies, and Westinghouse. We have also litigated multi-million dollar asbestos removal claims involving insureds ranging from school districts, governmental authorities and municipalities. Fisher Kanaris, P.C.'s attorneys are well-recognized in the area of environmental law, having published several leading articles on environmental claims handling and coverage. The lawyers in our Environmental Practice are also frequent speakers at environmental insurance coverage conferences and regularly conduct workshops and seminars for the Firm's clients.
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