Elise D. Allen will address the often misapplied and misunderstood commercial general liability pollution exclusions during a CLE webinar on Thursday, November 7, 2019.

The pollution exclusion in commercial general liability (CGL) policies is one of the more heavily litigated issues in environmental coverage claims.

Allen will discuss the scope of varying forms of the pollution exclusion in CGL policies, the differing court interpretations of the exclusion which cause inconsistent rulings across jurisdictions and best approaches for insurers to ensure that such exclusions are upheld in court.

Other significant topics to be addressed include how courts make the distinction between traditional and nontraditional sources of pollution and recent developments and case law in applying the pollution exclusion to damages.

A frequent litigator on this topic, Allen is a Special Counsel at BatesCarey who handles complex, high value and high exposure commercial disputes on behalf of insurance carrier clients in both state and federal courts across the country. 

The Strafford live webinar, Pollution Exclusion in CGL Policies: Navigating Scope of the Exclusion in Light of Differing Court Interpretations, will take place on Thursday, November 7, 2019 from noon to 1:30 p.m. CT.