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Environment, Damages, and Compensation

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This article, the first part of a larger study devoted to the compensation of damages caused by pollution, reviews the existing sources of compensation in the United States: the common law of torts, federal and state statutes, and various forms of commercial insurance coverages. It shows how the rules of nuisance law have remained flexible in response to changing customs and public policies, how for a long time prevailing attitudes favored industrial development and economic growth over physical comfort, and how increasing concerns about the long-term health effects of environmental pollution have created a trend in the opposite direction. The author also points out that the existing system of liability and compensation, which relies on individual actions and case-by-case adjudication, is not ideally suited for dealing with the effects of large-scale pollution or for the —primarily political—task of evaluating and balancing all of the interests and values, present and future, economic and noneconomic, that need to be considered before decisions can be made that are bound to affect the health and economic well-being of a large part of the population beyond the immediate parties to a lawsuit. This indicates a need for a comprehensive approach that would not only coordinate the rules concerning liability and those concerning insurance and other sources of compensation but would also make the compensation of pollution damages an integral part of a thoroughly rational and consistent environmental policy. The various possibilities of constructing such a comprehensive compensation system will be discussed in the second part of the study, to be published in a forthcoming issue of the American Bar Foundation Research Journal.

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47 The Reserve Mining case in Minnesota, the Scott paper case in Wisconsin, and many others highlight the importance of the perspective from which one views environment-related cases. The polluter-pays principle is not one that inevitably evolves in the context of real-life legal warfare, for the combatants often tend to be middle-class and often rather doctrinaire groups or individuals who are not directly affected (the Sierra Club, for example) versus heavily involved polluting industrial firms in alliance with their employees, the latter with both profits and livelihood at stake.Google Scholar

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119 In an exceptional case, where construction and operation of an engine roundhouse by a railroad rendered a church building useless for worship, the United States Supreme Court found that the railroad's license was limited by the underlying legislation and did not give the railroad the right to construct the engine shed in that precise location in such a way as to interfere with the rights of others. It confirmed the lower court's decision awarding damages to the congregation. Baltimore & Potomac R.R. v. Fifth Baptist Church, 108 U.S. 317 (1883).Google Scholar

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121 See, e.g., Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 731a (West Supp. 1978): Whenever any city, city and county, or county shall have established zones or districts under authority of law wherein certain manufacturing or commercial or airport uses are expressly permitted, except in an action to abate a public nuisance brought in the name of the people of the State of California, no person or persons, firm or corporation shall be enjoined or restrained by the injunctive process from the reasonable and necessary operation in any such industrial or commercial zone or airport of any use expressly permitted therein, nor shall such use be deemed a nuisance without evidence of the employment of unnecessary and injurious methods of operation. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to apply to the regulation and working hours of canneries, fertilizing plants, refineries, and other similar establishments whose operation produce [sic] offensive odors. (As amended Stats. 1959, c. 795, p. 2808, § 2.)Google Scholar

122 See, e.g., Bove v. Donner-Hanna Coke Corp., 142 Misc. 329, 236 App. Div. 37, 254 N.Y.S. 403 (1931). Courts have often refused to enjoin industrial operations even in the absence of a formal zoning law where the operation was carried on in an area that had customarily been used primarily for industrial purposes. See Riter v. Keokuk Electro-Metals Co., 248 Iowa 710, 82 N.W.2d 151 (1957).Google Scholar

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126 Most eloquently: Dill v. Excel Packing Co., 183 Kan. 513, 331 P.2d 539 (1958). See also Restatement (Second) of Torts, § 840D (Tent. Draft No. 16, 1970); and for a critical discussion of the concept: Rabin, supra note 90, at 1321–29.Google Scholar

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130 See Hartung v. County of Milwaukee, 2 Wis. 2d 269, 86 N.W.2d 475 (1957): valid preexisting nonconforming use recognized in the case of a quarry. But see also Brede v. Minnesota Crushed Stone Co., 143 Minn. 374, 173 N.W. 805 (1919).Google Scholar

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132 Justice McKenna in Hadacheck v. Sebastian, 239 U.S. 394, 410 (1915). The owner of the brick kiln had also alleged that several of his competitors, whose operations were not affected by zoning ordinances, had influenced the legislation destroy his business. Allegations of a similar nature were expressed in Reinman v. City of Little Rock, 237 U.S. 171 (1915), dealing with the conducting of a livery stable business in a downtown area that had developed into a hotel and shopping district.Google Scholar

133 This does not mean that public nuisance statutes can never constitute a taking. Where a statute designed to protect a municipal drinking water reservoir restricts riparian owners from using their properties in ways that on any other body of water would be perfectly harmless, the restriction can indeed amount to a taking and require compensation. See Rockville Water & Aqueduct Co. v. Koelsch, 90 Conn. 171, 96 A. 947 (1916), and Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 25–53 (West 1975).Google Scholar

134 Spur Indus., Inc. v. Del E. Webb Dev. Co., 108 Ariz. 178, 494 P.2d 700 (1972). It should be noted that the action, and the damage claim recognized by the court, was directed only against the developer and not against any of the individual homeowners who had bought parcels from him and settled in the immediate vicinity of an existing source of annoyance. See also Ellickson, supra note 20; Rabin, supra note 90; Comment, supra note 37.Google Scholar

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163 See especially: Samuel Bergman, No Fault Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 5 J. Mar. L. & Com. 1 (1973); Alden Lowell Doud, Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage: Further Comment on the Civil Liability and Compensation Fund Conventions, 4 J. Mar. L. & Com. 525 (1973); Alfred A. Lohne, Oil Pollution of Coastal and Inland Waters of the United States Under the Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970, 38 Ins. Counsel J. 49 (1971); Allan I. Mendelsohn, Maritime Liability for Oil Pollution—Domestic and International Law, 38 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1 (1969); Thomas R. Post, A Solution to the Problem of Private Compensation in Oil Discharge Situations, 28 U. Miami L. Rev. 524 (1974); Peter N. Swan, International and National Approaches to the Oil Pollution Responsibility: An Emerging Regime for a Global Problem, 50 Or. L. Rev. 506 (1971).Google Scholar

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175 The general rule is explained, with numerous references, in Union Oil Co. v. Oppen, 501 F.2d 558, 565–68 (9th Cir. 1974).Google Scholar

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178 Fort Worth & R.G. Ry. v. Hancock, 286 S.W. 335 (Tex. Civ. App. 1926).Google Scholar

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194 Richards's Appeal, 57 Pa. 105, 98 Am. Dec. 202 (1868), seems to be the only case where this formula actually appears in the opinion of the court; much more often, it is cited as an argument put forward by the polluter, only to be rejected by the court. See note 195 infra.Google Scholar

195 See especially Walters v. McElroy, 151 Pa. 549, 25 A. 125 (1892); this decision has in turn been cited and quoted by many other courts.Google Scholar

196 See, e.g., McCleery v. Highland Boy Gold Min. Co., 140 F. 951 (C.C.D. Utah 1904); Hulbert v. California Portland Cement Co., 161 Cal. 239, 118 P. 928 (1911).Google Scholar

197 See especially Madison v. Ducktown Sulphur, Copper & Iron Co., 113 Tenn. 331, 83 S.W. 658 (1904); Powell v. Superior Portland Cement, Inc., 15 Wash. 2d 14, 129 P.2d 536 (1942); Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Co., 26 N.Y.2d 219, 257 N.E.2d 870 (1970); Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Sanderson, 113 Pa. 126, 6 A. 453 (1886).Google Scholar

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200 See, e.g., Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Sanderson, 113 Pa. 126, 6 A. 453 (1886); Atchison, T. & S.F. Ry. v. Armstrong, 71 Kan. 366, 80 P. 978 (1905); Waschak v. Moffat, 379 Pa. 441, 109 A.2d 310 (1954); Powell v. Superior Portland Cement, Inc., 15 Wash. 2d 14, 129 P.2d 536 (1942).Google Scholar

201 See, e.g., Madison v. Ducktown Sulphur, Copper & Iron Co., 113 Tenn. 331, 83 S.W. 658 (1904), where plaintiffs were expressly referred to the damage remedy after their claim for an in-junction had been rejected on the basis of a balancing of equities. The most impressive recent case is Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Co., 26 N.Y.2d 219, 257 N.E.2d 870 (1970).Google Scholar

202 Reynolds Metals Co. v. Lampert, 316 F.2d 272 (9th Cir.), aff'd on rehearing, 324 F.2d 465 (1963), reversed a decision by the trial court refusing to consider the award of punitive damages; the crucial piece of evidence was a statement by the plant manager that paying damages was more economical for the company than reducing fluoride emissions. See also note 146 supra.Google Scholar

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205 See, e.g., Sullivan v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., 208 Pa. 540, 57 A. 1065 (1904); Renken v. Harvey Aluminum, Inc., 226 F. Supp. 169 (D. Or. 1963).Google Scholar

206 See, e.g., Bourne v. Wilson-Case Lumber Co., 58 Or. 48, 113 P. 52 (1911), prohibiting the burning of wood shavings and other refuse within 500 feet of neighbor's residential property except in furnaces that prevent the escape of ashes and dust and the spreading of the fire.Google Scholar

207 See, e.g., Davis v. Sawyer, 133 Mass. 289, 43 Am. Rep. 519 (1882), prohibiting ringing of factory bells earlier than 6:30 A.M. In this case, however, the factory owner eventually prevailed after obtaining express legislative authorization for ringing his bells whenever convenient. See Sawyer v. Davis, 136 Mass. 239, 49 Am. Rep. 27 (1884). The annotation at 43 Am. Rep. 522 refers to cases restraining the ringing of church bells.Google Scholar

208 See, e.g., Anderson v. American Smelting & Ref. Co., 265 F. 928 (D. Utah 1919); Stevens v. Rockport Granite Co., 216 Mass. 486, 104 N.E. 371 (1914).Google Scholar

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212 An early landmark case involving environmental impairment is Donaldson v. City of Bismarck, 71 N.D. 592, 3 N.W.2d 808 (1942). For a general discussion see Stanley L. Lester, Nuisance—as a “Taking” of Property, 17 U. Miami L. Rev. 537 (1963); James M. Kramon, Inverse Condemnation and Air Pollution, 11 Nat. Res. J. 148 (1971).Google Scholar

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235 42 U.S.C.A. § 2210(e) (Cum Supp. 1979). The limitation of liability was recently attacked as unconstitutional by a group of concerned citizens but was confirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court as a valid exercise of legislative powers within the limits of due process of law: Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc., 438 U.S. 59 (1978), reversing Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. v. United States Atomic Energy Comm'n, 431 F. Supp. 203 (W.D.N.C. 1977).Google Scholar

236 42 U.S.C.A. § 2210(n) (1973 & Cum. Supp. 1979). “Extraordinary nuclear occurrence” is defined in § 2014(j) as one involving substantial damage as determined by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; the Commission has promulgated regulations further specifying the concept. 10 C.F.R. § 140.84, .85 (1978).Google Scholar

237 For a survey, see Comment, supra note 233. Some of the claims were directed against the United States, which alone may explain the courts' reluctance to apply the strict liability doctrine: Bartholmae Corp. v. United States, 253 F.2d 716 (9th Cir. 1957); Mahoney v. United States, 339 F.2d 605 (6th Cir. 1963). Claims were also rejected for failure to prove a causal connection between exposure and injury—a problem that is common to most radiation or contamination cases regardless of which theory they are brought under. See, e.g., Mahoney v. United States, 339 F.2d 605 (6th Cir. 1963); Parker v. Employers Mut. Liab. Ins. Co., 440 S.W.2d 43 (Tex. 1969). The claims experience under the Price-Anderson Act is limited to 27 “incidents,” of which 7 did not result in claims being made and the others were settled out of court for a total amount of $580,000 ($400,000 of which was for two claims). See information supplied by Energy Research and Development Administration and Nuclear Liability Insurance Pools in To Amend and Extend the Price-Anderson Act: Hearings on H.R. 8631 Before the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 94th Cong., 1st Sess. 75–76, 82–84 (Sept. 23 & 24, 1975). The widely publicized case Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp. (discussed in Chicago Tribune, May 27, 1979, § 2, at 1), in which a jury in Oklahoma City awarded damages of $10.5 million for alleged plutonium contamination, has been hailed as a step toward strict liability, but the factual situation submitted to the jury (including many hints of foul play) is unique and may limit the value of the decision as a precedent—if it is affirmed on appeal, which is not at all certain.Google Scholar

238 International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, adopted at Brussels Nov. 1969, reprinted in 64 Am. J. Int'l L. 481 (1970), entered into force (though not for the United States) June 19, 1975 (72 Dep't of State Bull. 623 (1975)). The convention is part of a series of conventions aimed at establishing an international framework for the control of oil pollution. For general surveys, see Senate Comm. on Commerce, 94th Cong., 1st Sess., Effects of Man's Activities on the Marine Environment (prepared by the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress at the request of Senators Magnuson and Hollings for the use of the Comm. on Commerce and the National Ocean Policy Study of the U.S. Senate) (Comm. Print, 1975); Lawrence Juda, IMCO and the Regulation of Ocean Pollution from Ships, 26 Int'l & Comp. L.Q. 558 (1977); Mensah, supra note 9. International aspects will be discussed more fully in the second part of this study.Google Scholar

239 See, e.g., statement of Rep. Biaggi, N.Y., chairman of Coast Guard Subcommittee, in the House of Representatives during the discussion of H.R. 6803 on Sept. 12, 1977, in 123 Cong. Rec. H9238 col. 2 (daily ed. Sept. 12, 1977).Google Scholar

240 Water and Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, Pub. L. No. 91–224, 84 Stat. 91, § 102, creating new § 11(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. In less clear terms, a duty to reimburse the government for cleanup costs had been created by the Clean Water Restoration Act of 1966, Pub. L. No. 89–753, 80 Stat. 1252–1254, § 211(a), 33 U.S.C.A. 432 (1970) (repealed Apr. 3, 1970, Pub. L. No. 91–224, § 108, 84 Stat. 113), which amended the Oil Pollution Act of 1924, specifically by creating a new § 3(b). See note 243 infra for later amendments.Google Scholar

241 International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, adopted at Brussels in 1971, reprinted in Int'l Legal Mat. 284 (1972), entered into force (though not for the United States) Oct. 16, 1978 (78 Dep't of State Bull. 59). For details, see the references in note 238 supra.Google Scholar

242 The Deepwater Port Act of 1974, Pub. L. No. 93–627, 88 Stat. 2126, 33 U.S.C.A. 1517 (1978), in § 18(n) directed the Attorney General to conduct a study, in cooperation with several other agencies, of appropriate methods and procedures. In 1975 the Attorney General submitted the report: Senate Comm. on Commerce, 94th Cong., 1st Sess., Methods and Procedures for Implementing a Uniform Law Providing Liability for Cleanup Costs and Damages Caused by Oil Spills from Ocean Related Sources: A Study by the Department of Justice (prepared by the Attorney General, U.S. Dep't of Justice, at the request of Senators Magnuson and Hollings for the use of the Comm. on Commerce and the National Ocean Policy Study of the U.S. Senate, pursuant to S. Res. 222) (Comm. Print, 1975).Google Scholar

243 Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 1321 (1978), as amended by Clean Water Act of 1977, Pub. L. No. 95–217, § 57–58(m), 91 Stat. 1593–96. The 1977 changes in the law are explained in Senate Comm. on Environment & Pub. Works, S. Rep. No. 370, 95th Cong., 1st Sess. July 28, 1977 [to accompany S. 1952], at 64–65, reprinted in [1977] U.S. Code Cong. & Ad. News 4326, 4389–90, and House Conference Rep. No. 830, 95th Cong., 1st Sess. Dec. 6, 1977 [to accompany H.R. 3199], at 94–95, reprinted in 1977 U.S. Code Cong. & Ad. News 4424, 4466–67. The system of compensation under the old version has been described extensively elsewhere; see especially: Bergman, supra note 163; Comment, Liability for Maritime Oil Pollution: A Comparison of the Maine Coastal Conveyance Act with Federal Liability Provisions, 29 Me. L. Rev. 47 (1977).Google Scholar

244 Bills proposing a comprehensive oil spill liability and compensation system have been introduced in every Congress since 1975 but so far have failed for a variety of reasons—first because they were tied in with the ratification and implementation of the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage (supra note 241), which was rejected as premature, and then because of disagreements over the inclusion of other hazardous substances and the extent of preemption of state laws. In the 96th Congress, eight bills have been introduced as of July 1979. Three of them (S. 1341, H.R. 4566, and H.R. 4571) were introduced at the request and with the support of the administration; they propose a system covering oil and all hazardous substances identified by the EPA. The other bills (S. 684, S. 953, H.R. 29, H.R. 85, and H.R. 3441) are limited to oil.Google Scholar

245 In defining the contiguous zone, 33 U.S.C.A. 1321(a)(9) (1978) refers to the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone (adopted by the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, Geneva, 1958 and entered into force Sept. 10, 1964), 15 U.S.T. 1606, 1612, TIAS 5639, which provides in art. 24: I. In a zone of the high seas contiguous to its territorial sea, the coastal State may exercise the control necessary to: (a) Prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary regulations within its territory or territorial sea; (b) Punish infringement of the above regulations committed within its territory or territorial sea. 2. The contiguous zone may not extend beyond twelve miles from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured. There is no federal statute expressly establishing a contiguous zone under the convention. The territorial sea is not defined by statute, either, but has been defined by custom as extending three miles outward from the coastline (it also includes all inland waters and the area between the high water and low water lines). Civil Aeronautics Board v. Island Airlines, Inc., 235 F. Supp. 990 (D. Hawaii 1964).Google Scholar

246 See the Fishing Conservation and Management Act of 1976, Pub. L. No. 94–265, § 101, 90 Stat. 336, 16 U.S.C.A. § 1811 (Cum. Supp. 1979). The liability applies to discharges that “may affect natural resources” (that is, marine life) within the 200-mile zone. 33 U.S.C.A. § 1321(b)(3) (Cum. Supp. 1979).Google Scholar

247 33 U.S.C.A. § 1321(b)(3) (Cum. Supp. 1979). A potential conflict between the expanded liability under the Water Pollution Control Act and the liability and liability limits established by the Deepwater Port Act itself in 33 U.S.C.A. § 1517 (1978) is avoided by 33 U.S.C.A. § 1321(r) (1978), which specifies that the amendments shall not have the effect of limiting liability under the Deep-water Port Act or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.Google Scholar

248 33 U.S.C.A. § 1321(f)(1)-(3) (1978).CrossRefGoogle Scholar

249 33 U.S.C.A. § 1321(f)(4)-(5) (1978).Google Scholar

250 33 U.S.C.A. § 1321(f)(1)-(3) (1978).CrossRefGoogle Scholar

251 33 U.S.C.A. § 1321(g) (1978).Google Scholar

252 Id.; see also S. Rep. No. 370, supra note 243.Google Scholar

253 33 U.S.C.A. § 1321(i) (1978).Google Scholar

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255 33 U.S.C.A. § 1321(f)(1) (1978); see also House Conference Rep. No. 830, supra note 243, at 91.Google Scholar

256 33 U.S.C.A. § 1321(f)(2) (1978).Google Scholar

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258 33 U.S.C.A. § 1321(p)(1978).Google Scholar

259 Id. The Federal Maritime Commission has set forth regulations specifying details of coverage to be provided and forms to be used: 46 C.F.R. § 542, revised 1978 in response to the 1977 amendments.Google Scholar

260 See especially Mendelsohn, supra note 163.Google Scholar

261 Section 305(d) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978, Pub. L. No. 95–372, 92 Stat. 677, 43 U.S.C.A. § 1815(d) (Cum. Supp. 1979), provides: The President shall conduct a study to determine— (1) whether adequate private oil pollution insurance protection is available on reasonable terms and conditions to the owners and operators of vessels, onshore facilities, and offshore facilities; and (2) whether the market for such insurance is sufficiently competitive to assure purchasers of features such as a reasonable range of deductibles, coinsurance provisions, and exclusions. A similar provision was contained in the comprehensive oil pollution liability and compensation bills that fell just short of being enacted in the 95th Congress. It is worth noting that the scope of the study is defined in broader terms than would be necessary if it were to be limited to the insurance coverage required by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended. The legislative history shows that the study is indeed intended to explore the capacity of the private insurance market for oil pollution liability insurance generally, including the coverages that will be required under the proposed comprehensive oil pollution law. See House Conference Rep. No. 1474, 95th Cong., 2d Sess. Aug. 10, 1978 [Conference Rep. on S. 9, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978], at 136, reprinted in 124 Cong. Rec. H8367, 8382 col. 3 (daily ed. Aug. 10, 1978); (discussed by House in id. at H8873 (daily ed. Aug. 17, 1978)).Google Scholar

262 43 U.S.C.A. § 1811–1824 (Cum. Supp. 1979).Google Scholar

263 43 U.S.C.A. § 1813–1814 (Cum. Supp. 1979).Google Scholar

264 43 U.S.C.A. § 1814(b)-(d) (Cum. Supp. 1979).Google Scholar

265 43 U.S.C.A. § 1815 (Cum. Supp. 1979).Google Scholar

266 43 U.S.C.A. § 1812, 1817 (Cum. Supp. 1979). The law also establishes a Fishermen's Contingency Fund (43 U.S.C.A. § 1841–1846) for mechanical damage to commercial fishing vessels and gear caused by offshore installations and activities.Google Scholar

267 33 U.S.C.A. § 1517 (1978).Google Scholar

268 The structure and operation of the fund will be discussed in greater detail in the second part of this study.Google Scholar

269 Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, Pub. L. No. 93–153 of Nov. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 584, 588, 43 U.S.C.A. § 1651–1655 (Cum. Supp. 1979).Google Scholar

270 43 U.S.C.A. § 1653(a) (Cum. Supp. 1979).Google Scholar

271 43 U.S.C.A. § 1653(b) (Cum. Supp. 1979).Google Scholar

272 43 U.S.C.A. § 1653(c) (Cum. Supp. 1979).Google Scholar

273 43 U.S.C.A. § 1653(a) (Cum. Supp. 1979).Google Scholar

274 43 U.S.C.A. § 1653(b) (Cum. Supp. 1979).Google Scholar

275 43 U.S.C.A. § 1653(c) (Cum. Supp. 1979). The fund will be discussed specifically in the second part of this study.Google Scholar

276 See, e.g., H.R., 85 96th Cong., 1st Sess., § 103 and 104 (1979). S. 684, 96th Cong., 1st Sess. (1979), however, is limited to pollution from vessels only. See also note 244 supra.Google Scholar

277 See note 261 supra.Google Scholar

278 H.R. 6803, 95th Cong., 1st Sess., § 110(a)(1) (1977).Google Scholar

279 See, e.g., 43 U.S.C.A. § 1820 (Cum. Supp. 1979); H.R. 85, 96th Cong., 1st Sess., § 110 (1979); S. 684, 96th Cong., 1st Sess., § 15.Google Scholar

280 A list and discussion of these statutes is included in the Attorney General study, supra note 242, especially Appendix B. Of course, water pollution legislation is not limited to coastal states.Google Scholar

281 Such funds have been established in Florida, Maine, and New Jersey: Fla. Stat. Ann. § 376.11 (West Cum. Supp. 1978); Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 38, § 551 (1978); N.J. Stat. Ann. § 58:10–23.11. These funds will be rendered obsolete by the proposed federal oil spill compensation act, see pp. 409–15 supra. Pending the enactment of comprehensive federal legislation, however, these funds have been recognized as valid and not preempted. Askew v. American Waterways Operators, 411 U.S. 325 (1973); Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. Environmental Improvement Comm'n, 307 A.2d 1 (Me.), appeal dismissed, 414 U.S. 1035 (1973).Google Scholar

282 Pollution Control Act of South Carolina, S.C. Code § 48–1–10(20) (1976). Similar broad laws exist in Alaska, Alaska Stat. § 46.03.710 (1978); Delaware, Del. Code Ann. tit. 7, § 6001 (1977); Florida, Fla. Stat. Ann. § 403.161 (West Cum. Supp. 1978); Idaho, Idaho Code § 39–101 (1977); Kentucky, Ky. Rev. Stat. § 224.110 (1977); Nebraska, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81–1506 (Cum. Supp. 1978); North Dakota, N.D. Cent. Code § 32–40–06 (1976); Oklahoma, Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 82, § 937 (1977); Wyoming, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 35–11–102 (1977).Google Scholar

283 See, e.g., Oregon, Or. Rev. Stat. § 517.750 to .900 (1977–78).Google Scholar

284 See, e.g., N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113A–66 (1978); S.C. Code § 48–13–10 to 48–13–60 (1976).Google Scholar

285 See, e.g., N.Y. Envir. Conserv. Law § 23–0305(8) (McKinney Cum. Supp. 1978).Google Scholar

286 See, e.g., Oklahoma, Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 11, § 22–111 (1978).Google Scholar

287 See, e.g., Minn. Stat. Ann. § 115.071 subd. 3 (West 1977). Some statutes achieve the same result indirectly by imposing liability on persons causing a pollution, generally defined, and then excluding liability in the event the defendant was in compliance with statutory standards or a permit; see, e.g., Mass. Ann. Laws ch. 130, § 24 (Michie/Law. Co-op Cum. Supp. 1978).Google Scholar

288 The Florida definition includes most of the elements currently used by state laws: the presence in the outdoor atmosphere or waters of the state of any substances, contaminants, noise, or man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological, or radiological integrity of air or water in quantities or at levels which are or may be potentially harmful or injurious to human health or welfare, animal or plant life, or property, or unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life or property, including outdoor recreation. Fla. Stat. Ann. § 403.031(2) (West Cum. Supp. 1978).Google Scholar

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290 See, e.g., Alaska Stat. § 46.03.822 (1978); Cal. Harb. & Nav. Code § 293 (West 1978); Fla. Stat. Ann. § 376.205 (West Cum. Supp. 1978); Md. Nat. Res. Code Ann. § 8–1409 (1974); Mass. Ann. Laws ch. 130, § 27 (Michie/Law. Co-op Cum. Supp. 1978); N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. 146-A:10 (1977); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143–215.93 (1978); Or. Rev. Stat. § 468.790 (1977–78) (oil), 459.685 (1978) (hazardous waste); S.C. Code § 48–1–250 (1976); Va. Code § 62.1–44.34:2 (Cum. Supp. 1978); Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 90.48.336 (Supp. 1978).Google Scholar

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295 Ala. Code § 22–22–9(q) (1975): If the pollution has caused damage to fish and/or other wildlife in excess of $5,000.00, … the damage shall be presumed to have been the' direct and proximate result of negligence of the person shown to be responsible for such pollution, and the burden shall then be upon such person to prove freedom of negligence in causing the pollution in such cases.Google Scholar

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301 See, e.g., Fla. Stat. Ann. § 376.12(1) (West Cum. Supp. 1978); N.J. Stat. Ann. § 58:10–23.11 (West Cum. Supp. 1979).Google Scholar

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303 Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 38, § 551(2)(D) (1978): “Damage claims arising under this sub-chapter shall be recoverable only in the manner provided under this subchapter, it being the intent of the Legislature that the remedies provided in this subchapter are exclusive.”Google Scholar

304 For details, see William T. Birmingham & Jon L. Kyl, Legal and Practical Aspects of Pesticide Spraying Cases, 37 Ins. Counsel J. 585 (1970); William E. Reukauf, Regulation of Agricultural Pesticides, 62 Iowa L. Rev. 909 (1977).Google Scholar

305 The rules respecting sovereign immunity are a case in point. See, e.g., National Association of Attorneys General, Committee on the Office of Attorney General, Sovereign Immunity: The Liability of Government and Its Officials (rev. ed. Nov. 1976).Google Scholar

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307 See, e.g., Spencer L. Kimball & Don A. Davis, The Extension of Insurance Subrogation, 60 Mich. L. Rev. 841 (1962); Uriel Procaccia, Denying Subrogation in Personal Injury Claims: A Needed Change of Direction, 15 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 93 (1973).Google Scholar

308 According to the latest available industry statistics, about 164 million persons under age 65 were covered by hospital expense insurance in 1976 but only about 61 million were protected under short-term disability income plans, and about 18 million under long-term disability income plans. Health Insurance Institute, Source Book of Health Insurance Data 1977–1978, at 21 (Washington, D.C.: Health Insurance Institute, n.d.). Total benefits paid by insurance companies (other than Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans) in 1976 amounted to about $14.5 billion for medical expenses and to about $2.8 billion for loss of income benefits. Id. at 41.Google Scholar

309 See, e.g., Marcus Rosenblum, ed., Compendium on Workmen's Compensation 9–26 (Washington, D.C.: National Commission on State Workmen's Compensation Laws, 1973).Google Scholar

310 The program was established by the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, Pub. L. No. 91–173, 83 Stat. 742, 30 U.S.C.A. §§ 801–936 (1971), as amended by Black Lung Benefits Reform Act of 1977, Pub. L. No. 95–164, 91 Stat. 1290, 30 U.S.C.A. §§ 801–945 (1971 & Cum. Supp. 1979). For details, see Donald T. DeCarlo & William F. Vieweg, Federal Black Lung Law and Insurance in a Nutshell, 11 Forum 661 (1976).Google Scholar

311 The “unavoidable causes” against which the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation may provide coverage include drought, flood, hail, wind, frost, winterkill, lightning, fire, excessive rain, snow, wildlife, hurricane, tornado, insect infestation, and plant disease; the Board of Directors of the corporation is authorized to add other unavoidable causes. 7 U.S.C.A. § 1508(a) (1973 & Cum. Supp. 1979). The policy presently used by the corporation lists two additional perils: earthquake and poleburn. 7 C.F.R. § 401.111, no. 1(a) (1978).Google Scholar

312 See, e.g., Dwelling Building(s) and Contents Basic Form (DF-1), (Ed. 9–74), General Exclusions, item 3 (prepared by Insurance Services Office). Another clause, referred to as “nuclear exclusion,” excludes from the coverage any loss or damage caused directly by nuclear reaction or radiation (unrelated to any fire). Id., item 4. The nuclear peril, and other excluded perils, can be insured separately, however; see infra.Google Scholar

313 Id., Perils Insured Against, item 8; David v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co., 206 Pa. Super. Ct. 78, 211 A.2d 66 (1965) (smoke from incinerator not covered).Google Scholar

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316 This is stated expressly for fires caused by nuclear reaction, etc., in the nuclear clause cited note 312 supra.Google Scholar

317 For instance, the increasing use of polyvinylchloride (PVC) as an insulating material for electric wires has resulted in claims where a small fire in the electric system produced negligible direct fire damage but huge losses to machines and other metal objects from corrosion due to the hydrochloric acid formed by the burning PVC.Google Scholar

318 See the smoke clauses cited in notes 313 and 314 supra. Not all smoke is covered, though.Google Scholar

319 See, e.g., Larson v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., 258 Iowa 348, 139 N.W.2d 174 (1965) (turkeys suffocated as result of being frightened by low flying aircraft; insurance claim denied for lack of proof of mischievous intent).Google Scholar

320 Boiler and Machinery Policy (BM)—Definitions and Special Provisions Endorsement (No. DSl) Section D-Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Vessels and Piping (as reproduced in Sample Insurance Policies, Property Liability Coverages plus Selected Life and Accident/Health Policies, Advanced Book, at 105 (New York: Insurance Information Institute, 1978)).Google Scholar

321 See, e.g., Personal Auto Policy (Ed. 1–77), Part D, Exclusions (prepared by Insurance Services Office).Google Scholar

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323 See, e.g., George F. Rutledge, Farm and Crop Insurance, in John D. Long & Davis W. Gregg, eds., Property and Liability Insurance Handbook 144, 153–54 (Homewood, Ill.: Richard D. Irwin, 1965).Google Scholar

324 See, e.g., Homeowners Policy—Special Form (HO-3), (Ed. 9–17), Perils Insured Against 203 (prepared by Insurance Services Office). Separate all-risks coverage for personal property is available, however, in the form of a personal property floater.Google Scholar

325 See, e.g., Special Multi-Peril Policy—Special Personal Property Form (MP-IOTA), (Ed. 7–77), Section I (prepared by Insurance Services Office).Google Scholar

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327 Special Multi-Peril Policy—Special Building Form (Form MP-101), (Ed. 7–77), Section 1, VI: Exclusions, item E, no. 1 (prepared by Insurance Services Office). The exclusions for the Special Personal Property Form (MP-101A), supra note 325, employ the same language as the Homeowners Policy, however.Google Scholar

328 Lexington Ins. Co. v. Ryder Sys., Inc., 142 Ga. App. 36, 234 S.E.2d 839 (1977).Google Scholar

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330 See notes 233–37 supra and text at same.Google Scholar

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332 For a recent summary, see Walter Kiechel III, “The Admirality Case of the Century,” Fortune, Apr. 23, 1979, at 78.Google Scholar

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334 See, e.g., Ellis Simon, Everyone Denies Liability in N.Y. Chemical Disaster, Bus. Ins., Dec. 25, 1978, at 1; Patricia O'Brien, Chemical Disaster Creates Ghost-town Neighborhood, Chicago Tribune, Nov. 19, 1978, § I at 18.Google Scholar

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336 For details, see John D. Phelan, Business Interruption Insurance, in Long & Gregg, supra note 323, at 119–29.Google Scholar

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338 See, e.g., Alfred I. Jaffe, Affects [sic) of Three Mile Island Crisis, Nat'l Underwriter, Property/Cas. Ins. Ed., Apr. 27, 1979, at 35, 37. My inquiries among knowledgeable persons in the insurance industry have failed to produce any indication that a policy of this kind has actually been issued.Google Scholar

339 The coverage has been offered under the name Tax Interruption Protection Plan by a large national brokerage house; see the advertisement in Nat'l Underwriter, Property/Cas. Ins. Ed., Feb. 16, 1979, at 21.Google Scholar

340 There is what looks like an exception to this rule in personal property forms covering objects (especially objects of art) that form a pair or set and providing for the loss resulting from the fact that if one of the parts of the set is lost or damaged, the remaining parts even though undamaged are worth much less separately than they were before. The exception is apparent rather than real, however, if one considers that the insurance covers the set rather than the individual parts so that, if one of the parts is lost, the set as such is destroyed, and the remaining undamaged parts can be regarded only as salvage.Google Scholar

341 See generally Mary Coate McNeely, Illegality as a Factor in Liability Insurance, 41 Colum. L. Rev. 26 (1941). Specifically for the public policy argument in general liability insurance, see Gordon H. Snow, Occurrence vs. Accident—Just What Is Covered? 21 Ins. Counsel J. 30 (1954), at 38–40.Google Scholar

342 This rule has often been cited with approval, but it has rarely if ever been actually applied with the result of exonerating the insurer. In Rothman v. Metropolitan Cas. Ins. Co., 134 Ohio St. 241, 16 N.E.2d 417 (1938), the court states that an automobile liability insurance policy could never cover injuries inflicted intentionally by the insured but then goes on to hold that “wanton misconduct” does not amount to intent with respect to resulting injuries but rather is included in the broad meaning of “accident.” See also Clemmer v. Hartford Ins. Co., 22 Cal. 3d 865, 587 P.2d 1098 (1978), modified on denial of rehearing, 151 Cal. Rptr. 285 (1979).Google Scholar

343 The standard family automobile policy used by subscribers of the Insurance Services Office does exclude “bodily injury or property damage caused intentionally by or at the direction of the insured” the policy in the Rothman case, supra note 342, did not. In the currently used general liability policy, the exclusion is implicit in the definition of the term “occurrence” see pp. 438–39 infra.Google Scholar

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350 If this view were correct, the insured would be covered even for damages inflicted by him intentionally on a third person in instances where he acted for the purpose of injuring the third person—a result that would be contrary to public policy. See notes 341–45 supra.Google Scholar

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352 The following cases appear to be in this category, i.e., doubtful factual situations in which a decision had to be made one way or the other without materially affecting the basis of the coverage. For the insured: City of Kimball v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 190 Neb. 152, 206 N.W.2d 632 (1973); City of Myrtle Point v. Pacific Indem. Co., 233 F. Supp. 193 (D. Or. 1963); Lancaster Area Refuse Auth. v. Transamerica Ins. Co., 437 Pa. 493, 263 A.2d 368 (1970); Massachusetts Bonding & Ins. Co. v. Orkin Exterminating Co., 416 S.W.2d 396 (Tex. 1967); Taylor v. Imperial Cas. & Indem. Co., 82 S.D. 298, 144 N.W.2d 856 (1966); Travelers v. Humming Bird Coal Co., 371 S.W.2d 35 (Ky. 1963); White v. Smith, 440 S.W.2d 497 (Mo. Ct. App. 1969). For the insurer: Harleysville Mut. Cas. Co. v. Harris & Brooks, Inc., 248 Md. 148, 235 A.2d 556 (1967); Leggett v. Home Indem. Co., 461 F.2d 257 (10th Cir. 1972); Town of Tieton v. General Ins. Co. of America, 61 Wash. 2d 716, 380 P.2d 127 (1963).Google Scholar

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362 This is the version that eventually, in 1973, was included in the standard general liability policy as Exclusion (f). Sample Insurance Policies, supra note 320, at 58. Some large insurers used forms differing in language but having substantially the same intent and effect. See, e.g., Ashcraft, supra note 361; Harry E. Wilmarth, Pollution Liability—What Are the Insurance Companies Doing in This Area? Fed. Ins. Counsel Q., Summer 1971, at 18–27.Google Scholar

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