Legal Opinion
Bernhardt v. Hartford Fire Insurance
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 26, 1994No. 1754PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN F. McAULIFFE, Judge (retired), Specially Assigned.
This appeal is from a summary determination that an “absolute” pollution exclusion clause in a landlord’s comprehensive business liability insurance policy excluded claims brought by tenants for personal injury and damages resulting from the escape of carbon monoxide fumes from a heating plant.
Norman C. Bernhardt is the owner of a home in Takoma Park, Maryland, that has been converted into apartments. On 31 January 1992, several tenants in the building were overcome by carbon monoxide and were taken to area hospitals for treatment.…
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