Madison Construction Co. v. Harleysville Mutual Insurance

OPINION

SAYLOR, Justice.

The issue in this declaratory judgment action is whether a pollution exclusion clause in a policy of commercial general liability insurance issued to Appellant, Madison Construction Company (“Madison”), by Appellee, Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company (“Harleysville”), relieves Harleysville of its obligation to defend Madison in an underlying personal injury action. We conclude, as did the en banc Superior Court, 451 Pa.Super. 136, 678 A.2d 802, that the pollution exclusion clause operates to bar coverage in the present case, and therefore affirm.

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