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Recent Supreme Court Decision Will Not End Climate Change Tort Litigation
By J. Robert Renner
June 30, 2011
PropertyCasualty360 (A National Underwriter website)
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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