Pollution Exclusion Bars Coverage For Contaminated Swine Feed, Panel Says

Mealey's (April 30, 2019, 12:52 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 29 affirmed a district court’s ruling that an insurer owes no coverage to an insured for contaminated fat products supplied to a pork producer because the pollution exclusion applies to the contaminant that was dispersed within the supplied fat products fed to the pork producer’s swine (Restaurant Recycling LLC, v. New Fashion Pork LLP, intervenor plaintiff, v. Employer Mutual Casualty Company, d/b/a EMC Insurance Companies and Hamilton Mutual Insurance Company, No. 17-2792, 8th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 12797)....