[CPEO-BIF] "Insurance company sues Gary [Indiana] airport over pollution defense"

[Lenny Siegel]

Insurance company sues Gary airport over pollution defense

By Teresa Auch Schultz 
Northwest Indian Post-Tribune 
July 27, 2015


Gary/Chicago International Airport's insurance provider wants off the hook for paying for the airport's defense against a case with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.

Old Republic Insurance filed a lawsuit against the airport's authority on Friday in U.S. District Court in Hammond asking that the court find Old Republic does not owe any money to the airport over the issue and that the airport pay back money Old Republic has already spent. The lawsuit does not say how much the insurance company believes it is owed.

The issue centers around a notice that IDEM sent to the airport in September after two soil samples from the airport's property showed the presence of arsenic, benzopyrene and PCBs. IDEM also reported an oily sheen on Boeing Ditch, which runs along the northwest end of the airport's runway.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-ptb-airport-insurance-lawsuit-st-0728-20150727-story.html

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Lenny Siegel
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