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....