(March 5, 2024, 8:49 AM EST) -- XE
"Environmental Liability" CHICAGO — An environmental premises insurer has a duty to defend its insured against bodily injury lawsuits arising out of an explosion caused when liquid waste in an insured trailer came into contact with an open flame because the liquid waste qualifies as a contaminant under the policy at issue, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said in affirming a district court’s ruling in favor of the insured....