Pollution Exclusion Bars Coverage For Injuries Caused By Lead-Smelting Emissions

(November 3, 2017, 8:09 AM EDT) -- JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — An insurer has no duty to  defend its insured against underlying suits alleging injuries arising out of toxic emissions from the insured’s lead-smelting plant because the policy’s pollution exclusion clearly precludes coverage, the Missouri Supreme Court said Oct. 31 (The Doe Run Resources Corp. v. American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co., et. al., No. SC96107, Mo. Sup., 2017 Mo. LEXIS 488)....

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