Pollution Exclusion Bars Coverage For Explosion, 8th Circuit Panel Says

Mealey's (February 1, 2017, 1:30 PM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 31 affirmed a district court’s ruling that a policy’s pollution exclusion clearly bars coverage for an underlying suit alleging bodily injury caused by an explosion at a natural gas facility (Hiland Partners GP Holdings LLC, et al., v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, No. 15-3936, 8th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 1696)....