Pollution Exclusion Bars Coverage For Welding Fume Exposure Suit, Panel Says

Mealey's (February 8, 2019, 12:07 PM EST) -- ATLANTA — A pollution exclusion clearly bars coverage for an underlying suit arising out of welding fume exposure because welding fumes clearly qualify as an irritant or contaminant under the exclusion, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Feb. 8 (Evanston Insurance Co. v. Sandersville Railroad Co., No. 17-14487, 11th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 3906)....