Employee Exclusion And Pollution Exclusion Bar Coverage, Panel Determines

NEW ORLEANS - An insurer owes no coverage for underlying suits filed against its insureds after two employees died as a result of exposure to hydrogen sulfide vapors because the primary policy's employee exclusion and the umbrella policy's pollution exclusion preclude coverage, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said May 6 (Texas Molecular Limited Partnership, et al. v. American International Specialty Lines Insurance Co., et al., No. 10-40722, 5th Cir.; 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 9421). Full story on lexis.com