Legal Opinion
National Electrical Manufacturers Association v. Gulf Underwriters Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 29, 1998No. 97-2319PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed by published opinion. Senior Judge MAGILL wrote the opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG joined. Judge WIDENER wrote a concurring opinion.
OPINION
MAGILL, Senior Circuit Judge:
This case arises from a dispute between the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (“NEMA”) and Gulf Underwriters Insurance Company (“Gulf’) regarding Gulfs duty to defend third party claims. NEMA argues the Gulf insurance policy’s pollution exclusion does not apply to relieve Gulf of its duty to defend NEMA in the underlying-claims and Gulf has an unqualified duty to defend NEMA even though it is an excess…
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