Continental Casualty Co. v. Rapid-American Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Wallach, J.
This appeal requires us to scrutinize the insurance coverage and exclusion provisions of the standard form comprehensive general liability (CGL) policy in the course of determining whether the insurance carrier must defend claims against the policyholder arising from asbestos-induced respiratory injury. Although the meaning and effect of these insurance clauses has been extensively litigated in asbestos-related cases around the country, with conflicting results, the issue—whether a CGL insurer can invoke its policy exclusion for environmental pollution in…
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