Written by David O’Neill, JD, Director of Investigations, PolicyFind
Valley Forge Insurance Company sued scrap yard operator, Hartford Iron & Metal in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, seeking a declaration that it had both the right to control the defense and remediation of the Hartford environmental contamination site. A settlement agreement entered into by the parties, a U.S. District Court ruled, did not override Indiana case law that defines a “conflict of interest” in the environmental coverage context.