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No Contradiction in Contribution: Tenth Circuit Finds that Bankruptcy Court Approval of Settlement of CERCLA Environmental Claims Does Not Estop Subsequent CERCLA Contribution Claim

Overview

In Asarco, LLC v. Noranda Mining, Inc., the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that representations made to the bankruptcy court that the Debtor’s settlement of environmental claims reflected only the Debtor’s share of the cleanup costs did not judicially estop the Debtor from brining a contribution claim against another potentially responsible party for those same costs.

USA, Environment & Climate Change, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, US Environmental Protection Agency, Title 11 of the US Code, United States bankruptcy court, Tenth Circuit
Court affirms priority entitlement of Canadian creditors to post-liquidation interest from Canadian branch of foreign insurance company

On July 14, 2009, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released its decision in Canada (Attorney General) v. Reliance Insurance Company, an application regarding the allocation of surplus arising from the liquidation of the Canadian branch (Reliance Canada) of U.S.-based Reliance Insurance Company (Reliance U.S.), a property and casualty insurer that was itself in liquidation.

Canada, Ontario, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, Litigation, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Dividends, Interest, Reinsurance, Liquidation, Substantive law, Liquidator (law), Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada), KPMG, Minister of Justice (Canada), Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania