In one of those seminal cases, California v. Continental Insurance Co. , the state high court ruled in 2012 that insurers can be required to cover damage occurring outside their policy periods and allowed policyholders to "stack" coverage limits from policies spanning multiple years to maximize recovery.
"The California Supreme Court continues to protect policyholder rights in permitting policyholders to access coverage for which policyholders paid precious premium dollars," said Anderson Kill PC managing shareholder Bob Horkovich, who represented the Golden State in the Continental case. "In this case and others, it will mean more money for environmental cleanups in California and elsewhere."
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