Oregon Federal Judge: Pollution Exclusion Bars Coverage For Carbon Monoxide Suits

(March 13, 2017, 2:04 PM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — An insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify its insureds for two underlying lawsuits alleging injuries as a result of carbon monoxide released by a pool heater because carbon monoxide is a pollutant and excluded under the policy’s pollution exclusion, an Oregon federal judge said March 9 (Colony Insurance Co. v. Victory Construction LLC, et al., No. 16-457, D. Ore., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34368)....

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