City of Chesapeake v. STATES SELF-INSURERS

LEMONS, Justice.

Pursuant to Article VI, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia and our Rule 5:42, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ("district court"), by its order entered September 22, 2005, certified to this Court a single question of law relating to coverage questions under an insurance policy:

Was coverage excluded under the pollution exclusion in the Policy for claims made in suits filed by 213 women who alleged that they suffered one or more miscarriages resulting from exposure to THMs in the City's water supply?

By order entered on November 1,…