Kidde-Fenwal Sues Hartford Insurer Over PFAS Legal Defense Costs

Kidde-Fenwal Inc. sued a Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. unit, seeking to compel the insurer to help the fire protection manufacturer cope with lawsuits alleging its products contained harmful “forever chemicals.”

Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co. failed to deliver under policies that indemnify Kidde-Fenwall against a deluge of lawsuits alleging its fire-fighting products contained cancer-causing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, according to the suit. Kidde-Fenwal is seeking a declaration that Hartford pay under the policies to cover defense costs the manufacturer has incurred, according to the complaint filed Thursday in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. ...