Is My Drywall Chinese? - HB Litigation Conferences

State Limiting Exclusion
to “Industrial” or
“Environmental”
Pollution
Applying the
Exclusion Literally
Minnesota Bd. of Regents of
Univ. of Minn. v.
Royal Ins. Co., 517
N.W.2d 888 (Minn.
1994)
Mississippi
Auto-Owners Ins. Co.
v. Hanson, 588
N.W.2d 777 (Minn.
Ct. App. 1999)
Missouri Boulevard Inv. Co. v.
Capitol Indem. Corp.,
27 S.W.3d 856 (Mo.
Ct. App. 2000)
Nebraska
New Hampshire Weaver v. Royal Ins.
Co., 674 A.2d 975
(N.H. 1996)
New Jersey Byrd ex rel. Byrd v.
Bumenreich, 722
A.2d 598 (N.J. Super.
Ct. App. Div. 1999)
New York Belt Painting Corp. v.
TIG Ins. Co., 795
N.E.2d 15 (N.Y.
2003)
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Cas. Indem. Exch. v.
City of Sparta, 997
S.W.2d 545 (Mo. Ct.
App. 1999)
Product or Material
Asbestos abatement
Lead-paint exposure
Back-up from
blockage of plumbing
system by grease and
other kitchen waste
Sewage sludge
Child’s exposure to
lead paint carried
home in father’s work
clothes
Lead paint
Inhalation of solvent
fumes