Mealey's (October 3, 2017, 1:37 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois federal judge on Sept. 25 granted an insurer’s motion on the applicability of the pollution exclusion after determining that testimony offered by the insured’s expert on the contamination at two of the insured’s sites must be excluded because the expert’s testimony does not support the insured’s argument that the contamination was sudden and accidental as required for coverage to exist under the policies at issue (Varlen Corp. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., et al., No. 13-5463, N.D. Ill., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 162110)....