Judge Denies Summary Judgment On Issue Of Contamination Exclusion’s Applicability

(September 19, 2024, 1:57 PM EDT) --  XE "pollution exclusion"  XE "Coronavirus" SANTA ANA, Calif. — A California federal judge refused to grant summary judgment in favor of an insured on the applicability of a policy’s contamination exclusion to losses sustained by the insured in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic because the evidence could support a jury finding that the insured believed that the contamination exclusion would apply as a bar to coverage for the losses caused by the coronavirus....