In its amicus brief, United Policyholders provides a detailed analysis of history and case law demonstrating that a business’s emissions pursuant to a governmentally issued permit do not and should not qualify as “traditional environmental pollution” and thus fall outside general liability policies’ standard pollution exclusion.
Griffith Foods International, Inc., and Sterigenics, U.S., LLC v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, P.A.
Year
2025
Court
Illinois Supreme Court
Case Number
131710
Issue
- Sudden and Accidental Pollution Exclusion
State
- Illinois