Magistrate Judge Says Pollution Exclusion Bars Coverage For Black Powder

Mealey's (January 12, 2020, 8:51 PM EST) -- PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania federal magistrate judge on Dec. 31 recommended granting an insurer’s motion for summary judgment and denying an insured’s motion for summary judgment because it is clear that a pollution exclusion bars coverage for a black powder that contaminated the insured’s property (Vale Vista Associates L.P. v. The Cincinnati Casualty Co., No. 18-1064, W.D. Pa., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 223366)....