Insurance
Oct. 8, 2011
Food contamination and insurance coverage: How many melons make an 'occurrence’?
The listeria outbreak caused by tainted cantaloupes raises some tricky insurance problems. By Richard P. Edwards of Edwars & Hunter
The listeria outbreak caused by tainted cantaloupes has sickened numerous individuals and caused 18 deaths so far. Similar events have occurred with considerable frequency in recent years (spinach in 2006, peanuts in 2009, and eggs in 2010).
These outbreaks give rise to tricky insurance problems. Specifically, when dealing with insurance coverage, does an outbreak that impacts different people in different ways in different states...
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