8th Circuit Affirms No Property Damage Triggered Coverage For Defective Bags

Mealey's (January 29, 2018, 1:50 PM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 29 affirmed a lower federal court's ruling in favor of a commercial general liability insurer in a coverage dispute arising from the contamination of landscaping materials with plastic from defective storage bags that were manufactured by the insured (Decker Plastics v. West Bend Mutual Insurance Co., No.17-1319, 8th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 2085)....