Anticipating Insurance Issues Raised By Climate Change Suits

By Damon Vocke and J. Robert Renner (August 22, 2019, 4:42 PM EDT) -- Since 2017, there has been a resurgence in litigation attempting to impose liability on businesses (including both fossil-fuel producers and carbon-dioxide emitting utility companies) for the consequences of global warming and rising sea levels. A majority of these suits are brought by state attorneys general and city authorities, seeking billions of dollars for "climate resiliency costs" allegedly incurred by states and cities, which largely outsource these claims to contingency fee lawyers....

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