STATE AUTO. MUT. INS. CO. v. FLEXDAR, INC.

No. 49A02-1002-PL-00111.

937 N.E.2d 1203 (2010)

STATE AUTOMOBILE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant-Plaintiff, v. FLEXDAR, INC., and RTS Realty, Appellees-Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

November 22, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey C. Gerish , Plunkett & Cooney, P.C., Bloomfield Hills, MI, Barry C. Cope , Karl Mulvaney , Kandi Kilkelly Hidde , Bingham McHale LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellant State Auto. Mut. Ins. Co.

Michael A. Dorelli , Patrick J. Olmstead, Jr. , Hoover Hulle LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellant Amicus Curiae Complex Ins. Claims Litig. Assoc.

Richard S. Vanrheenen , Vanrheenen & Associates, P.C., George M. Plews , Jeffrey D. Featherstun , Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellees Flexdar, Inc. and RTS Realty.

Frank J. Deveau , Thomas A. Barnard , David L. Guevara , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellee Amici Curiae Eli Lilly & Co., Vectren Corp., Citizens Energy Group, the In. Manufacturers Assoc., and the In. Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Stores Assoc., Inc.


OPINION

VAIDIK, Judge.

Case Summary

This is an insurance coverage dispute involving interpretation of a pollution policy exclusion. Flexdar, Inc., manufactured rubber stamps and printing plates at its factory in Indianapolis. Flexdar's machinery employed the chemical solvent trichloroethylene, which leaked from the factory premises and contaminated subsoil and groundwater. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management ordered Flexdar to investigate...

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