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Court Agrees That Pollution Clause in Insurance Policy Excludes Damage from Manure

Paul Goeringer

Oct 24, 2017
4 min

Court Agrees That Pollution Clause in Insurance Policy Excludes Damage from Manure

This is not a substitute for legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. In 2015, you may remember Ashley or me posting about the Cow Palace dairy in Washington state. Cow Palace, along with two other dairies, entered into consent agreements to clean up and change how their dairies operated to prevent manure leaking into groundwater supplies. The previous posts are available here, here, here, and here. The Cow Palace dairy attempted to get its insurer to indemn

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Proposed Federal Legislation Would Reverse Recent Court Rulings

Admin

Jul 19, 2016
2 min

Proposed Federal Legislation Would Reverse Recent Court Rulings

By Ashley Ellixson On July 8, the “Farm Regulatory Certainty Act” (H.R. 5685) was introduced in the House. To understand this bill fully, it is important to understand why it came about in the first place. As a refresher, or if you are new to the blog, on May 11, 2015, George DeRuyter & Son Dairy, LLC; Henry Bosma Dairy; and Cow Palace Dairy, LLC entered into consent agreements with a number of environmental groups to continue operating as long as certain conditions are met.

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Cow Palace Decision: A Parade of Horribles

Paul Goeringer

Jun 4, 2015
3 min

Cow Palace Decision: A Parade of Horribles

This post should not be relied upon as legal advice. Back in February, I posted a summary of the Federal district court opinion in the Cow Palace case. This decision found manure to be a solid waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the manure was applied beyond whatwas required by the nutrient management plan and plant needs and was leaching into groundwater from improper designed storage facilities. See www.aglaw.umd.edu/blog/wait-now-youre-tel

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