Coverage Owed For Lead, Cadmium Exposure Suit, 3rd Circuit Affirms

( December 10, 2024, 11:46 AM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — An employers liability insurer has a duty to defend its employer against an underlying suit filed by a former employee and arising out of the former employee’s exposure to lead XE "lead"  and cadmium XE "cadmium"  fumes because a potential for coverage exists under the policy as it is not clear that the policy’s intentional injury exclusion bars coverage, the Third Circuit U. S. Court of Appeals said in affirming a district court’s ruling. . . .