Brownlee v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co.

Quanta Brownlee, et al., v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. et al., Misc. No. 1, September Term 2017. Opinion by Hotten, J. CERTIFIED QUESTION OF LAW – PUBLIC POLICY – INSURANCE LIABLILITY The Court of Appeals of Maryland answered a certified question posed before it by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland in the negative. In applying the rule of lex loci contractus with respect to an insurance contract made in Georgia, the Court of Appeals determined that application of Georgia’s interpretation of the pollution exclusion clause in an insurance policy issued by the…