Panel Affirms Ruling In Favor Of Insurer In Pollution Suit On Duty To Defend Issue

(August 1, 2023, 1:44 PM EDT) --  XE "Pollution Exclusion" NEW ORLEANS — No coverage is afforded for an underlying suit against an insured alleging that the insured’s junkyard operations polluted stormwater runoff because the policies’ pollution exclusion bars coverage for the underlying allegations, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeal said July 31 in affirming a district court’s ruling....