Insurer Owes Coverage For Chemical Exposure Suit Filed Against Insured’s Landlords

Mealey's (August 22, 2022, 10:17 AM EDT) --  XE "pollution exclusion" ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York federal judge on Aug. 9 denied an insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and granted an insured’s motion for judgment in the pleadings after determining that the insurer owes coverage for an underlying bodily injury lawsuit filed against the insured’s landlords arising out of the exposure to ethylene oxide XE "ethylene oxide"  fumes because the policy pollution exclusion applies only traditional environmental contamination....