Coverage Barred For Release Of Chlorine Gas, New York Federal Judge Says

Mealey's (February 21, 2018, 1:08 PM EST) -- SYRACUSE, N.Y. — No coverage is owed to insureds seeking a defense for an underlying suit alleging bodily injury claims caused by the release of chlorine gas from the insureds’ scrap metal recycling plant because the policies’ absolute pollution exclusion clearly precludes coverage for the underlying suit, a New York federal judge said Feb. 13 (Ben Weitsman & Son of Scranton LLC, et al. v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co., et al., No. 16-0780, N.D. N.Y., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22970)....

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