PARKER SOLVENTS v. ROYAL INS. COMPANIES

No. 90-2224.

950 F.2d 571 (1991)

PARKER SOLVENTS COMPANY, INC., Appellant, v. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANIES OF AMERICA (formerly Royal Globe Insurance Co.), Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 9, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul K. Holmes and G. Alan Wooten, Fort Smith, Ark., for appellant.

M. Stephen Bingham, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before FAGG, Circuit Judge, SNEED, Senior Circuit Judge, and LOKEN, Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The determinative issue in this case is whether the phrase "as damages" in the insuring clause of a standard form comprehensive general liability insurance policy covers clean-up costs incurred pursuant to a consent decree between the insured and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Arkansas law applies. The district court held that the governing principles of insurance law are the same in Arkansas as in Missouri. Therefore, under our en banc opinion...

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