Legal Opinion
Powers Chemco, Inc. v. Federal Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 21, 1989PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*911OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
This appeal involves a general comprehensive liability insurance policy containing the same "pollution exclusion” clause, and the same exception for "sudden and accidental” dispersals, that we construed in Technicon Elecs. Corp. v American Home Assur. Co. (74 NY2d 66). In Technicon, we noted that the exception to the exclusion for liability arising from pollution is not operative unless the occurrence in question was both "sudden” and "accidental” (id., at 75).
Plaintiff here is seeking a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Technicon Electronics Corp. v. American Home Assurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1989
- Thomas J. Lipton, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
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