Pollution From Insured’s Everyday Operations Can Be Accidental, Federal Judge Says

Mealey's (September 25, 2017, 2:34 PM EDT) -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A New York federal judge on Sept. 21 determined that environmental contamination resulting from an insured’s everyday operations can be accidental, as that term is used in the policies’ pollution exclusions, because the spills at issue occurred inadvertently during the insured’s normal, everyday operations (Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, et al. v. National Railroad Passenger Corp., et al., No. 14-4717, E.D. N.Y., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 154584)....

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