Legal Opinion

Reliance Insurance v. Moessner

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided August 5, 1997No. 95-1899PublishedCited by 212 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal in an insurance coverage dispute founded on diversity jurisdiction requires us to determine whether a total pollution exclusion endorsement (TPE) became part of a comprehensive general liability (CGL) renewal policy issued by Reliance Insurance Company (Reliance) to Vapor Energy Service and Engineering Corporation (VE). The effect of the TPE would be to immunize Reliance from defending and paying the products liability tort claim brought against VE in federal court by Mark Moessner, who sustained carbon monoxide poisoning as the result of…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Standard Venetian Blind Co. v. American Empire InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Burt N. Sempier v. Johnson & HigginsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
  3. Hutchison v. Sunbeam Coal Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  4. Collister v. Nationwide Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. Erie Insurance Exchange v. Transamerica InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987

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3Cited by212 opinions

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