Pollution Exclusion Does Not Bar Coverage For Concrete Dust Damages

Mealey's (August 31, 2018, 11:42 AM EDT) -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A pollution exclusion does not apply as a bar to coverage for an insured’s damages caused by concrete dust because the smoke created by the saw used in installing an elevator is a specified cause of loss, a Virginia federal judge said Aug. 29 (Allied Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Zenith Aviation Inc., No. 18-264, E.D. Va., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 147627)....