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Insurance Law And Asbestosis—When Is Coverage Of A Progressive Diease Triggered?—Keene Corporation V. Insurance Company Of North America, 667 F.2d 1034 (D.C. Cir. 1981), Cert. Denied, 102 S. Ct. 1644 (1982), Rebecca Cochran Earnest
Insurance Law And Asbestosis—When Is Coverage Of A Progressive Diease Triggered?—Keene Corporation V. Insurance Company Of North America, 667 F.2d 1034 (D.C. Cir. 1981), Cert. Denied, 102 S. Ct. 1644 (1982), Rebecca Cochran Earnest
Washington Law Review
In Keene Corp. v. Insurance Co. of North America, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia integrated those approaches, holding that insurance coverage is triggered both by exposure to asbestos and by development and manifestation of a related disease. Each insurer covering any period during this process is liable for indemnification of the manufacturer and for defense costs. This liability is limited, however, to policy coverage, and many be reduced by the policy's other-insurance clause. The court also held that the manufacturer is not proportionately liable for the periods during which it was uninsured. Thus, the …
Utah Allows Contribution Against Cotortfeasor Despite Immunity From Direct Suit: Bishop V. Nielsen, David H. Little
Utah Allows Contribution Against Cotortfeasor Despite Immunity From Direct Suit: Bishop V. Nielsen, David H. Little
BYU Law Review
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News-Source Privilege In Libel Cases: A Critical Analysis, David Joseph Smith
News-Source Privilege In Libel Cases: A Critical Analysis, David Joseph Smith
Washington Law Review
This comment first examines the recent cases in which a libel plaintiff was impeded by the use of a qualified privilege from obtaining the identity of news sources behind an allegedly defamatory story. It next discusses the historical development of the constitutional news-source privilege and concludes that neither traditional first amendment press clause doctrine nor the United States Supreme Court's decision in Branzburg v. Hayes is authority for such a privilege. This comment then points out that courts which nonetheless recognize a constitutional news-source privilege in civil cases have given the same protection to all sources, regardless of the publication's …
Litigation Implications Of The Chicago O'Hara Airport Crash Of American Airlines Flight 191, 15 J. Marshall L. Rev. 273 (1982), John J. Kennelly
Litigation Implications Of The Chicago O'Hara Airport Crash Of American Airlines Flight 191, 15 J. Marshall L. Rev. 273 (1982), John J. Kennelly
UIC Law Review
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