Union Ins. Co. v. Mendoza (United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, December 13, 2010)
This coverage dispute arises from an environmental exposure claim wherein third-party claimant, Karla Mendoza, appealed the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Union Insurance in which it ruled that the accidental disbursement of anhydrous ammonia was excluded from coverage by Union’s pollution exclusion clause.
Mendoza, while working on a road-side construction crew, alleged personal injuries when she was inadvertently exposed to a mist of anhydrous ammonia fertilizer …
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