CLAUSSEN v. AETNA CAS. & SUR. CO.

No. 87-8972.

865 F.2d 1217 (1989)

Henry H. CLAUSSEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY, and Federal Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Hudson, Augusta, Ga., for Claussen.

James A. Eichelberger, Neely & Player, Linda B. Foster, Atlanta, Ga., for Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.

Thomas W. Tucker, Dye, Miller, Tucker & Everitt, PA, Augusta, Ga., for Federal.

Laura Anne Foggan, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Kirk J. Nahra, Thomas W. Brunner, William F. Greaney, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for amicus.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, HATCHETT, Circuit Judge, and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal presents important issues of Georgia law concerning liability insurance coverage when hazardous waste accumulation impacts environmental concerns, for which there is no clear precedent in the decisions of the courts of Georgia. Because this case involves interpretation of an insurance contract provision, peculiarly a question of state law, and because similar provisions have received varied interpretations in other jurisdictions throughout...

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