Policy’s Pollution Exclusion Barred Coverage For Contractor, 11th Circuit Told

Mealey's (October 4, 2022, 12:49 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A federal district court did not err when it granted summary judgment in favor of an insurer in its declaratory relief action stemming from damages an insured development company and its owner allegedly caused to a neighboring pond while working on a construction project because the commercial general liability policy’s pollution exclusion precluded coverage and because the insureds failed to timely notify the insurer of the claim against them as required, the insurer argues in an Oct. 3 appellee brief filed in the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....