Peabody Essex Museum, Inc. v. United States Fire Insurance Company

  1. July 19, 2012

    US Fire On Hook For Nearly Half Museum's $1.5M Oil Cleanup

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday affirmed a lower court's decision that U.S. Fire Insurance Co. should have to pay 43 percent of Peabody Essex Museum's up to $1.5 million cleanup costs for an oil spill on its property, with double damages.

  2. August 31, 2011

    US Fire Seeks Review Of Museum Oil Cleanup Order

    U.S. Fire Insurance Co. on Wednesday asked a Massachusetts federal court to reconsider a partial summary judgment order in a long-running dispute with Peabody Essex Museum Inc. over oil pollution coverage, saying the court improperly accepted the museum's expert reports as fact.

  3. August 24, 2011

    US Fire Could Owe Museum $1.5M In Oil Cleanup Row

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday set an allocation method in a long-running oil pollution coverage dispute that could force U.S. Fire Insurance Co. to indemnify Peabody Essex Museum Inc. for up to $1.5 million in soil remediation work.