Pollution Exclusion Bars Coverage For Sediment Runoff, Federal Judge Says

Mealey's (May 26, 2022, 11:35 AM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ga. — No coverage is owed for sediment runoff into a neighboring pond created by an insured’s construction project because the policy’s pollution exclusion bars coverage as sediment runoff qualifies as pollution according to the policy’s definition of pollution, a Georgia federal judge said May 25 in granting an insurer’s motion for summary judgment....