Scottsdale Indemnity Co. v. Village of Crestwood

ELR Citation: 41 ELR 20131
No(s). 09 C 4472 (N.D. Ill. Mar 24, 2011)

A district court held that insurers have no duty to defend or indemnify a city in over two dozen underlying lawsuits alleging that the city delivered contaminated tap water to its residents. The insurance policies at issue contain pollution exclusion clauses. Under Illinois law, a pollution exclusio...