Pollution Liability Insurer Objects To Finding That Fuel Spill Is Covered

Mealey's (February 1, 2021, 4:27 PM EST) -- MEDFORD, Ore. — A federal magistrate judge’s recommendation that an insured’s motion for summary judgment in a pollution liability coverage suit should not be adopted because jet fuel is not used in “logging and firefighting operations performed on the ground” as required for coverage to exist under the policy, an insurer contends in its Jan. 12 reply in support of its objections to the magistrate judge’s findings....