Mealey's (July 12, 2021, 12:28 PM EDT) -- OWENSBORO, Ky. — The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 7 affirmed a district court’s ruling that an insurer has no duty to defend insured directors and officers who were indicted for violating federal law by allegedly manipulating dust sampling equipment and testing processes at a company mine because the policies’ pollution exclusion XE "pollution exclusion"
clearly bars coverage for the underlying claims against the insureds....