Pollution Exclusion Does Not Bar Coverage For Underlying Water Contamination Suit

( June 12, 2023, 7:59 AM EDT) -- ELGIN, Ill. — The Second District Illinois Appellate Court reversed and remanded a trial court’s ruling that an insurer has no duty to defend its insured city in an underlying suit alleging that the city provided unsafe drinking water to its residents because the policies’ pollution exclusion applies only to traditional environmental contamination claims and the underlying suit against the insured does not allege a claim involving traditional environmental contamination....

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