Courts Continue To Wrestle With Superfund Cost Recovery, Insurance Issues

Court battles over which of two cost recovery mechanisms under Superfund law potentially responsible parties (PRPs) at contaminated sites use are expected to continue in 2015 as an unsettled area of the law in the aftermath of earlier Supreme Court rulings, with some PRPs attempting once again to persuade the high court to clarify the issue. Additionally, legal sources say courts may also tackle to what degree insurance payouts should offset contribution claims, an emerging Superfund cost recovery issue. The...