The issue before the court involved the company's coverage under its standard comprehensive general liability policies with more than 50 insurers.

The final $100 million was to be provided from insurance carriers under directors' and officers' liability policies.

It is simply that their liability policies do not provide coverage.

At the time, large liability policies had become nearly impossible to find in the United States.

And the premium for a nurse's professional liability policy is very small compared with a physician's.

These losses are not for pain and suffering but would be covered by traditional liability policies.

"I have a $2 million liability policy on the field," he said.

The issue was whether companies were covered under comprehensive general liability policies for such cleanup orders.

The village's liability policy also makes no male/female distinction.

Claims for these losses against the manufacturer may be covered by a professional liability policy.