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• New Developments on Whether the Absolute Pollution Exclusion Clause Bars Coverage for Non-environmental Pollution ( November 2001 )
  Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

  The Supreme Court of Nebraska recently joined the majority by holding that xylene fumes created from the application of a floor sealant was a pollutant and therefore the absolute pollution exclusion barred coverage for damage caused by the fumes.

• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Issues Two Important Insurance Coverage Opinions ( November 2001 )
  Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

  In a case of first impression, the court adopted a broad standard for known loss doctrine. In a second case the court remanded a pollution exclusion case with endorsement of regulatory estoppel principle.

• Pollution Exclusions: The Insurance Industry's Attempt to Limit Exposure ( August 2000 )
  Ronald Arthur Lowry of Law Offices of Ronald Arthur Lowry

  Ron Lowry is a former insurance defense attorney who now represents plaintiffs in serious injury and insurance case.

• New Virginia Decisions Address Pollution Exclusions ( July 2000 )
  Walter J. Andrews, Frank  Winston and Lon A. Berk of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

  This alert examines two Virginia decisions that addressed the issue of pollution exclusion and whether the carrier had a duty to defend despite the above-referenced exclusion in the policy.

• California Supreme Court Holds Insurers Have No Duty to Defend a Government Cleanup Order ( September 1998 )
  K. Stephen Tang of Knapp, Petersen & Clarke

  In Foster-Gardner, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA (1998) 18 Cal.4th 857, the Calif.

• Environmental Coverage Under Comprehensive General Liability Policies ( July 1998 )
  McMillan, Rather, Bennett & Rigano, P.C.

  Comprehensive General Liability ("CGL") insurance policies issued after the early 1970s contain some form of a poll.