Environmental and Product Liability

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Quantifying Nonproduct Losses:
How and when were claimants exposed?

Which claimants’ exposure to asbestos occurred during business operations and which claimants’ exposure occurred afterwards? The answer to this question may determine if the policyholder’s insurers owe tens of millions, hundreds of millions, or billions of dollars.

If a claim is determined to be a “products” claim such that exposure did not occur during the policyholder’s contracting operations, then insurance recoveries will be subject to the explicit aggregate limit specified in each insurance policy’s products and completed operations exclusion clause. In contrast, if the claimant was exposed during the policyholder’s operations, then the claim may fall outside this exclusion clause (a “nonproducts” claim), and the amount of insurance recovery may not be subject to an aggregate limit.

Our experts from Bates White and Environ will demonstrate that for the typical policyholder with contracting activities, a minority of its claimants were exposed while contracting activities were ongoing; the majority of claimants were exposed long after the contracting activities were completed. They will provide concrete examples.

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• Bates White, LLC
• Bates White is an economics consulting firm distinguished by the application of advanced economic, financial, and econometric theory to the analysis of antitrust matters. We specialize in complex, data-intensive matters that require innovative problem solving. Bates White is a recognized leader for work involving deep empirical analysis and our experts have played a critical role in some of the highest profile antitrust cases in history.
• 202.408.6110
• www.bateswhite.com

• ENVIRON
• An international consultancy, ENVIRON works with clients to help resolve their most important and demanding environmental and human health issues. Whether they are responding to existing challenges, evaluating opportunities to improve performance, or seeking to reduce future liabilities, clients around the world benefit from our unique blend of outstanding technical and scientific skills, strategic insight, and practical experience.
• 312.288.3800
• www.environcorp.com

• Lynberg & Watkins
• Since its inception, Lynberg & Watkins, an AV-rated firm, has grown to represent clients on a local, regional and national basis. The firm’s growth since its founding in 1971 has allowed Lynberg & Watkins to actively practice in such diverse areas of the law as product liability, employer liability, personal injury, premises liability, breach of insurer’s duties, insurance contract interpretation, environmental and toxic insurance coverage litigation, land subsidence, toxic substance exposure and public entity and police civil liability defense. The firm also has extensive experience in the fields of reinsurance disputes and litigation, soil, electrical, and architectural engineering, construction law, wrongful termination, and discrimination, professional liability, defense of vehicular accident claims, and banking, real estate and commercial law. The firm’s representation is substantially on behalf of defendants, insurance companies and their insureds, public entities and self-insuring organizations.
• 213.624.8700
• www.lynberg.com