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Joint-and-Several Allocation and Policy Provisions Governing the Stacking of Limits

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has adopted a 'multiple trigger' approach, whereby, under primary insurance policies obligating the insurer to 'pay on behalf of the Insured all sums which the Insured shall become legally obligated to pay,' all stages of the disease process, from initial exposure through incapacitation, are deemed to be 'bodily injury' triggering coverage under all primary policies on the risk during the entire period in which the disease evolved.

30 minute read May 28, 2008 at 02:13 PM
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Paul Alp And Leslie Epley Davis
Joint-and-Several Allocation and Policy Provisions Governing the Stacking of Limits

The Joint-and-Several Allocation Scheme

It is not uncommon for an insurer to issue successive liability policies to its policyholders.

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