Insurer’s Suit Properly Dismissed For Lack Of Jurisdiction, Panel Says

(June 15, 2023, 3:10 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — An district court properly dismissed an insurer’s suit seeking a declaration that no coverage is owed for underlying bodily injury suits alleging that the insured’s manufacture of fire protective gear caused a diagnosis of various cancers, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said in agreeing with the lower court’s conclusion that the application of the policies’ occupational disease XE "occupational disease"  exclusion and total pollution exclusion XE "total pollution exclusion"  presents novel issues of Ohio law that weigh against the federal court exercising jurisdiction....