No Coverage Owed For 1 Underlying PFAS Exposure Suit, Magistrate Judge Says

( April 7, 2026, 10:10 AM EDT) --  XE "Chemical Exposure"  XE "pollution exclusion"  XE "Firefighting Foam" SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal magistrate judge found that no coverage is owed to an insured for one of many underlying lawsuits filed against it alleging injuries related to exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) allegedly contained in aqueous film-forming foams XE "aqueous film-forming foams"  (AFFF) that were manufactured and sold by the insured after determining that the underlying suit at issue involves exposure that occurred decades before the insured’s existence....