Coverage Owed For Bat Infestation; Claims For Breach Of Contract, Bad Faith Survive

Mealey's (September 1, 2022, 1:31 PM EDT) -- COLUMBIA, S.C. — A homeowners insurer owes coverage to an insured for a bat infestation because the policy’s pollution exclusion, which the insurer claimed was a bar to coverage, is ambiguous as to whether animal waste is a pollutant, a South Carolina federal judge said Aug. 29 in granting the insured’s motion for summary judgment on counterclaims for breach of contract and bad faith....