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UNITED NUCLEAR CORP. v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

No. 32,939.

285 P.3d 644 (2012)

2012-NMSC-032

UNITED NUCLEAR CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Petitioner, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

August 23, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Comeau, Maldegen, Templeman & Indall, L.L.P., Michael R. Comeau , Jon J. Indall , Stephen J. Lauer , Santa Fe, NM, McCarter & English, L.L.P., Arnold L. Natali, Jr. , J. Wylie Donald , Newark, NJ, for Petitioner.

Civerolo, Gralow, Hill & Curtis, P.A., William P. Gralow , Lisa Entress Pullen , Albuquerque, NM, Troutman Sanders LLP, Louise M. McCabe , San Diego, CA, Troutman Sanders LLP, Charles I. Hadden , Stephanie T. Schmelz , Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Montgomery & Andrews, P.A., J. Brent Moore , Lara Katz , Santa Fe, NM, Wiley Rein LLP, Laura A. Foggan , Santa Fe, NM, for Amicus Curiae Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association.

Sawtell, Wirth & Biedscheid, P.C., W. Anthony Sawtell , Santa Fe, NM, for Amici Curiae County of Doña Ana, City of Las Cruces and The Association of Commerce & Industry of New Mexico.

OPINION

SERNA, Justice.

{1} This appeal turns on our construction of a single word, "sudden," within a pollution exclusion clause in a series of liability insurance policies barring coverage for certain damages unless the events causing those damages were "sudden and accidental" — an issue of first impression in New Mexico, although one already considered by numerous courts in other jurisdictions. Concluding that "sudden" lacks a single...

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