Pollution Exclusion Bars Coverage For Damages Caused By Hydrochloric Acid Leak

Mealey's (August 3, 2020, 11:50 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — No coverage is owed for damages to an insured's property as a result of a hydrochloric acid leak because the policy's pollution exclusion bars coverage and the exception  to the exclusion does not apply, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said July 31 (Burroughs Diesel Inc. v. The Travelers Indemnity Company of America, No. 19-60875, 5th Cir.)....