PropertyCasualty360 (A National Underwriter website) – June 2011
Insurance partner J. Robert Renner of Duane Morris' Los Angeles office analyzes the recent Supreme Court decision American Electric Power Co. v Connecticut, which addressed whether states can seek to curtail greenhouse gas emissions from utilities across state borders using federal common-law theories of interstate nuisance. Renner outlines the court's major findings and examines what they could mean for the future of climate-change tort litigation. Specifically, he cautions that, contrary to many post-ruling analyses, the case does not mark the end of such disputes.
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