Insured Says Court Erred In Ruling Pollution Liability Insurer Owes No Coverage

Mealey's (June 16, 2022, 8:10 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A district court erred in finding that a pollution liability insurer owes no coverage to an insured for an underlying lawsuit alleging that the insured illegally discharged wastewater into a city sewage treatment facility because any ambiguity regarding the underlying allegations must be construed in favor of coverage, the insured says in a June 13 appellant brief filed in the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....