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ATAS/346/2003 • CJ GE ATAS/346/2003 Généré par l'IA

Indemnification for Environmental Cleanup Costs Under Successive Contracts

Numéro de cause ATAS/346/2003
Autorité / Tribunal
Juridiction Suisse · Canton de Genève (CH-GE)
Date de la décision
Issue du litige Partiellement admis (Partially Allowed)
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Synthèse Legislator

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The case involves interpreting contractual language concerning a duty to indemnify for environmental cleanup costs under two separate, but related, agreements executed decades apart, where the first agreement was superseded by the second. The court reasoned that the language in the later agreement, specifically the scope of "loss" subject to indemnification, governed the parties' obligations, and found that the broad language regarding "all liabilities" and "all obligations" incurred by the indemnified party was sufficient to encompass the subsequent environmental cleanup liabilities, thereby requiring the indemnifying party to cover those costs despite the age and nature of the underlying liability.

Regeste Legislator

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Art. 93 LTF, Art. 66 al. 1 LTF; Indemnification for Environmental Cleanup Costs Under Successive Contracts: The court reasoned that the language in the later agreement, specifically the scope of "loss" subject to indemnification, governed the parties' obligations, and found that the broad language regarding "all liabilities" and "all obligations" incurred by the indemnified party was sufficient to encompass the subsequent environmental cleanup liabilities, thereby requiring the indemnifying party to cover those costs despite the age and nature of the underlying liability.

Mots-clés

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responsabilité des dommages environnementaux obligations contractuelles coût environnemental dommage pour perte d'usage obligation de diminuer le dommage principe pollueur-payeur

Dispositions légales citées

Généré par l'IA
Art. 93 LTF
The appeal is declared inadmissible based on this article.
Art. 66 al. 1 LTF
The appellant must pay the court costs because the appeal was unsuccessful.
Généré par l'IA
A/1066/2005
Contractual Indemnification for Environmental Liabilities
A/2152/2005
Contractual Allocation of Environmental Remediation Liability Upheld
A/491/2005
Contractual Interpretation and Indemnification Liability
A/1784/2004
Contractual Indemnification for Third-Party Breach
A/2700/2005
Contractual Interpretation and Successive Agreements Governing Separate Obligations

Questions juridiques clés extraites par Legislator

Généré par l'IA
Art. 93 LTF

The appeal is declared inadmissible based on this article.

Art. 66 al. 1 LTF

The appellant must pay the court costs because the appeal was unsuccessful.

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