HECLA MINING COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Petitioner,
v.
NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY and Industrial Indemnity Company, Respondents.
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 13, 1991.
Rehearing Denied June 10, 1991.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kelly, Haglund, Garnsey & Kahn, Edwin S. Kahn, Denver, Williams, Trine, Greenstein & Griffin, P.C., Jean E. Dubofsky, Boulder, for petitioner.
Crane & Leake, P.C., Robert E. Crane, James E. Casey, Durango, Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, Victor C. Rabinowitz, Los Angeles, Cal., for respondent N.H. Ins. Co.
Rothgerber, Appel, Powers & Johnson, Charles Goldberg, Frederick J. Baumann, Mark Spitalnick, JoAnn L. Vogt, Gregory A. Vallin, Denver, for respondent Indus. Indem. Co.
Denis H. Mark, and Berkowitz, Brady & Backus, William J. Brady, Denver, for amicus curiae Colo. Trial Lawyer's Ass'n.
Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., Gary E. Parish, Wiley Y. Daniel, Denver, Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., John E. Heintz, Lisa I. Latorre, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae American Min. Congress, Colo. Min. Assoc., Newmont Min. Corp., Idarado Min. Co., Homestake Min. Co. and Cyprus Minerals Co.
Gale A. Norton, Atty. Gen., Raymond T. Slaughter, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Timothy M. Tymkovich, Sol. Gen., Jacqueline H. Berardini, Deputy Atty. Gen., James D. Ellman, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Mary Capdeville, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for amicus curiae State of Colo.
Bradley, Campbell, Carney & Madsen, John R. Jacus, Golden, for amicus curiae The Lowry Coalition.
Geoffrey T. Wilson, Denver, Anderson Kill Olick & Oshinsky, P.C., Eugene R. Anderson, Geri L. Weiseman, New York City, for amicus curiae Colo. Mun. League.
White & Steele, P.C., Frederick W. Klann, Denver, for amicus curiae Ins. Environmental Litigation Ass'n.
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.
Justice ERICKSON delivered the Opinion of the Court.
We granted certiorari to review New Hampshire Insurance Co. v. Hecla Mining Co.,791 P.2d 1154 (Colo.App.1989), which held that a comprehensive general liability insurance policy did not require an insurer to defend an action for damages for pollution resulting from the insured's mining activities. We reverse and remand with directions.
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