COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts Are Not Remediation Costs Under Pollution Policy

(June 6, 2022, 9:24 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A premises pollution liability insurer owes no coverage for costs incurred by an insured for COVID-19 mitigation efforts because the mitigation efforts do not qualify as remediation costs under the pollution liability policy, a Louisiana federal judge said May 16 in granting the insurer’s motion for summary judgment....