Insurer Has A Duty To Indemnify, Appellants Argue In Brief Filed In 8th Circuit

Mealey's (February 2, 2017, 4:26 PM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals should reverse a Minnesota federal judge’s ruling that a policy’s pollution exclusion precludes an insurer’s duty to indemnify an underlying personal injury suit arising out of carbon monoxide poisoning because the federal judge’s interpretation of the pollution exclusion is contrary to Minnesota law, the appellants argue in a Jan. 25 reply brief (Travelers Property Casualty Company of America v. Christopher A. Klick, et al., No. 16-4000, 8th Cir.)....