Pollution Liability Insurer Owes No Coverage For Costs Incurred To Prevent Shutdown

Mealey's (August 7, 2020, 11:35 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — A Massachusetts federal judge on Aug. 5 granted a pollution liability insurer's motion for summary judgment after determining that the insured is not entitled to costs incurred to prevent the suspension of its operations following a pollution discharge because the policy does not provide coverage for the suspension of operations and there is nothing to suggest that the insurer's denial of coverage was unreasonable (Ken's Foods LLC v. Steadfast Insurance Co., No. 19-12492, D. Mass., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 139190)....