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Litigation

Sep. 26, 2006

Insurance May Cover Automakers in Global-Warming Suits

FOCUS COLUMN - Automobile manufacturers are facing a new type of liability, in the form of government lawsuits seeking to force the companies to abate a public nuisance, that is, the alleged effects of global warming.


Focus Column

By Thomas M. McMahon and Fiona Chaney
     
Automobile manufacturers are facing a new type of liability, in the form of government lawsuits seeking to force the companies to abate a public nuisance, that is, the alleged effects of global warming. The most recent such case was filed last week in U.S. District Court for the Northern District by the California attorney general. For some time now, government agen...

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