Both New York and New Jersey have adopted laws requiring the sellers of residential properties to tell buyers, and landlords to tell tenants, about known flood risks.
Multiple types of insurance may cover liabilities arising from climate change cases, but the focus of coverage battles to date is on current and historic general liability policies.
The court debated whether an underlying suit based on environmental harms committed by a commercial property owner could be considered an "occurrence" that triggered the duties of defense and indemnity.