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Louisiana Generating LLC et al v. Illinois Union Insurance Company
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August 07, 2015
A Louisiana federal judge has ruled that Illinois Union Insurance Co. must indemnify an NRG Energy Inc. subsidiary for $34 million in costs it has incurred or will incur to remediate coal pollution pursuant to a settlement of a Clean Air Act suit, holding that all the expenditures fall within the scope of the policy's coverage.
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October 24, 2014
A subsidiary of NRG Energy Inc. has accused Illinois Union Insurance Co. in Louisiana federal court of pursuing a "scorched earth" strategy in a coverage dispute over the settlement of a Clear Air Act coal pollution suit, characterizing a discovery request from Illinois Union as a "fishing expedition."
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October 01, 2014
A Louisiana federal judge ruled Tuesday that Illinois Union Insurance Co. must cover $3.5 million in civil penalties imposed on a subsidiary of NRG Energy Inc. for violations of the Clean Air Act, finding the fees aren’t excluded from coverage in a policy held by Louisiana Generating LLC. [Correction: An earlier story misstated the amount of the CAA fines in question. The error has been corrected.]
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May 17, 2012
A Louisiana federal judge on Wednesday refused to grant a new trial in an NRG Energy Inc. subsidiary's coverage suit against Illinois Union Insurance Co., but did grant the insurer's alternative request that it be certified for an interlocutory appeal.
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January 30, 2012
Illinois Union Insurance Co. must defend an NRG Energy Inc. subsidiary against a Clean Air Act suit brought by the federal government alleging it illegally made major modifications to a coal-fired power plant in Louisiana, a federal judge ruled Monday.
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December 15, 2011
A Louisiana federal judge on Wednesday refused to sanction a Wells Fargo & Co. unit for failing to turn over documents Illinois Union Insurance Co. says it needs to defend itself from a coverage suit brought by an NRG Energy Inc. subsidiary over Clean Air Act liability.
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September 23, 2011
A federal judge on Thursday denied Illinois Union Insurance Co.'s motion to dismiss or transfer a dispute over potential Clean Air Act liability for an insured NRG Energy Inc. subsidiary, ruling that both the coverage dispute and the underlying environmental suit should be litigated in Louisiana.