No Duty To Indemnify Exists For Criminal Suit Stemming From Landfill Contamination

Mealey's (September 3, 2019, 11:46 AM EDT) -- HOUSTON — 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, a Texas federal judge said Aug. 27 (Waste Management  Inc., et al. v. AIG Specialty Insurance Co., No. 16-3676, S.D. Texas)....

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