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Landmark Class Action Farmers Sues Local Governments For Ignoring Climate Change
Posted on 5/19/14 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 5/19/14 at 2:06 pm
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Last month, Farmers Insurance Co. filed nine class-action lawsuits arguing that local governments in the Chicago area are aware that climate change is leading to heavier rainfall but are failing to prepare accordingly. The suits allege that the localities did not do enough to prepare sewers and stormwater drains in the area during a two-day downpour last April. In what could foreshadow a legal reckoning of who is liable for the costs of climate change, the class actions against nearly 200 Chicago-area communities look to place responsibility on municipalities, perhaps spurring them to take a more forward-looking approach in designing and engineering for a future made different by climate change.
“Farmers is asking to be reimbursed for the claims it paid to homeowners who sometimes saw geysers of sewage ruin basement walls, floors and furniture,” reported E&E News. “The company says it also paid policyholders for lost income, the cost of evacuations and other damages related to declining property values.”
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While these suits are the first of their kind, Micahel Gerrard, director of the Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School in New York, told Reuters that there will be more cases like them attempting to address how city and local governments should manage budgets to prepare for natural disasters that have been intensified by climate change.
Looks to me like Farmers is just trying to get out of its own bill.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 2:20 pm to carbola
I had to click the link to make sure it wasn't the Onion.
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Looks to me like Farmers is just trying to get out of its own bill.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 3:09 pm to carbola
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Looks to me like Farmers is just trying to get out of its own bill.
All insurance companies look to find other responsible parties (and their carriers).
Some years back I had damage to my front bumper when a dog ran out in front of me while I was going down the freeway. The insurance company wanted me to go back, find the remains of said pooch, and see if it had a tag (so they could sue the dog's owner). (I told them that they may get another claim for damage when I got rear-ended by freeway traffic, so they backed off; turns out the dog must have died elsewhere since I never could find any remains near where the incident took place.)
Posted on 5/19/14 at 3:15 pm to carbola
Because what you don't know CAN hurt you.
Whole lotta dumbassery in this lawsuit.
Whole lotta dumbassery in this lawsuit.
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