No Duty To Indemnify Exists For Criminal Suit Stemming From Contamination, Panel Says

Mealey's (September 9, 2020, 11:13 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 4 affirmed a district court's ruling that an insurer has no duty to indemnify its insureds under a pollution liability XE "pollution liability"  policy for legal fees incurred in an underlying criminal proceeding arising out of environmental contamination XE "environmental contamination"  caused by the insureds' operation of a landfill because the legal fees do not  constitute cleanup costs under the policy (Waste Management  Inc., et al. v. AIG Specialty Insurance Co., No. 19-20674, 5th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 28275)....