State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. v. Flexdar, Inc.

OPINION

VAIDIK, Judge.

Case Summary

This is an insurance coverage dispute involving interpretation of a pollution policy exclusion. Flexdar, Inc., manufactured rubber stamps and printing plates at its factory in Indianapolis. Flexdar's machinery employed the chemical solvent trichlo-roethylene, which leaked from the factory premises and contaminated subsoil and groundwater. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management ordered Flex-dar to investigate the contamination and informed Flexdar that it could be Hable for the costs of cleanup. Flexdar requested defense and indemnification from its…