Pollution Liability Insurer Has No Duty To Defend Insured, Federal Judge Says

( September 2, 2025, 10:37 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A pollution liability insurer has no duty to defend its insured against underlying suits stemming from the insured’s environmental remediation work because the pollution conditions at issue were not unexpected or unintended as required by the policies, a California federal judge said in granting the insurer’s motion for summary judgment....