Coverage Owed For Some Fuel Spill Cleanup Based On Pollution Exclusion Wording

(February 6, 2024, 8:45 AM EST) -- LAS VEGAS — An excess insurer owes coverage for fuel oil that spilled from a tractor because the excess policy’s pollution exclusion did not exclude coverage for cleanup costs stemming from a statutory or regulatory requirement, a Nevada federal judge said in finding that some of an insured’s cleanup costs are covered by the excess policy....