Pollution Exclusion Bars Coverage For Settlement Of EtO Exposure Suits, Judge Says

( August 18, 2026, 11:55 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Primary and excess insurers have no duty to indemnify an insured for underlying personal injury suits seeking damages for exposure to ethylene oxide (EtO) emitted from the insured’s manufacturing facility because the policies’ pollution exclusion clearly bars coverage, a New York federal judge said in granting the insurers’ motion to dismiss....