Broken Glass Counts As A Pollutant, New Jersey Federal Judge Determines

( March 3, 2026, 7:54 AM EST) -- NEWARK, N.J. — An insurer’s motion to dismiss must be denied because the insurer failed to meet its burden of showing that broken glass discovered on a school’s athletic field is not a pollutant and that no coverage is afforded for repairing the school’s field under the policy’s provision that covers expenses to extract pollutants from school land, a New Jersey federal judge said after determining that “the balance of authority tilts in favor of the conclusion” that a solid substance, such as glass, counts as a pollutant....