Pollution Liability Insurer Was Entitled To Rescind Policy, Appeals Panel Says

Mealey's (February 4, 2020, 8:32 AM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — The Second District California Court of Appeal on Jan. 31 affirmed a trial court’s ruling that an insurer was entitled to rescind a pollution liability policy issued to an insured seeking coverage for contamination of oil in a storage tank caused by an insured’s work because the insured made misrepresentations in its insurance application (Endurance American Specialty Insurance Co. v. Bennington Group LLC, et al., No. B285909, Calif. App., 2nd Dist., Div. 5, 2020 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 726)....