Pollution Exclusions Bar Coverage For Coal Waste Contamination Suit

Mealey's (October 13, 2022, 12:47 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — No coverage is owed to an insured for an underlying environmental contamination suit because the pollution exclusions included in a number of commercial general liability and umbrella policies clearly bar coverage for the contamination of a watershed by coal mining waste located on the insured’s property, a Pennsylvania judge said Oct. 12 in granting the insurers’ motion for judgment on the pleadings....