Total Pollution Exclusions Do Not Bar Coverage, Oklahoma Majority Rules In Reversal

(November 30, 2021, 1:10 PM EST) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — Finding that total pollution exclusions in four consecutive commercial general liability insurance policies are ambiguous, a majority of the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Nov. 23 reversed a lower court’s ruling that the total pollution exclusions clearly and unambiguously bar coverage for underlying lawsuits arising out of alleged seismic activity caused by the insured’s oil and gas operations....