Lumbermens Mut. Casualty Co. v. Belleville Indus.

ELR Citation: ELR 21454
No(s). 5285 (Mass. Jun 14, 1990)

On certification from a federal district court, the Massachusetts Supreme Court holds that the "sudden and accidental" exception to the pollution exclusion clause in a comprehensive general liability insurance policy has a temporal element, and a release of pollutants must occur abruptly for the exc...