Employers Insurance of Wausau v. George

The primary question in this appeal by the Georges is whether certain discharges of pollutants fell within the “sudden and accidental” exception to the pollution exclusion clause in their insurance policies. If so, the Georges’ insurers would have a duty to defend the Georges in actions brought against them by the United States and the Commonwealth. A Superior Court judge entered summary judgment for the insurers declaring: (1) that none of them had an obligation to defend and indemnify the Georges in actions brought in 1985 by the United States and the Commonwealth against the Georges for…