Haynes Boone Partner Caroline Ford spoke with Law360 on the evolving legal and insurance landscape for fire-related damage in California, where it is getting increasingly more difficult to get smoke damage claims, and on toxic soil remediation. Read an excerpt of the two articles below:
“Coverage Uncertain For LA Fire Soil Remediation, Pros Say”:
Caroline Ford, a Haynes Boone policyholder attorney, sees more coverage potential, saying the fire-related toxins are "all caused by or resulting from a covered cause of loss."
"I think it's not like a typical pollution type of situation," Ford told Law360.
“Smoke Concerns Persist Following Top Calif. Court Ruling”:
"There will be law that comes out of all this," said Caroline Ford, a California-based Haynes Boone policyholder attorney, in an interview with Law360. "There will be another opportunity to further clarify the import of those COVID cases on wildfire cases."
