Is Cat Urine Considered Toxic?

Is Cat Urine Considered Toxic?

When insurers cover a risk the determination of what qualifies as a covered claim is often dependent upon the Court's interpretation of the alleged toxin in the context of toxic tort litigation.  Pet urine and feces can cause bodily injury and/or property damage giving rise to a third party claim but are these claims excluded under a general liability policy? The answer is dependent upon your jurisdiction and the case law interpreting the applicable toxic tort liability policy.

An article on this issue can be found here.

Mark Your Consultant Reports or Lose Privilege

Mark Your Consultant Reports or Lose PrivilegeCourt orders Chipotle to produce third party consultant reports. When evaluating liabilities, companies often turn to outside consultants in the interpretation of internal activities that would not ordinarily be subject to discovery.  To protect these investigations, the company should consider retaining defense counsel to both retain and communicate with the third party consultant.  Documents and email communications should be appropriately marked privileged and confidential.  Chipotle learned the hard way. Article.

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