Connecticut Specialty Insurance v. Loop Paper Recycling, Inc.

Loop Paper Recycling, Inc. (Loop Paper Recycling), appeals from the judgment of the circuit court which found that Connecticut Specialty Insurance Company (Connecticut) owed no duty to defend it in a lawsuit arising out of a fire at its facility in Riverdale, Illinois. Connecticut had issued a general commercial liability policy under which Loop Paper Recycling was a named insured. Specifically, the court determined that (1) the policy’s “total pollution exclusion” barred coverage for bodily injury claims because the Riverdale facility was engaged in the handling, storage, disposal,…