Source: https://www.lexology.com/, April 6, 2022
By: Madison C. Wright, Phelps Dunbar LLP

Reversing a trial court’s grant of summary judgment for an excess insurer under a pollution exclusion, the Mississippi Supreme Court unanimously held the exclusion ambiguous. See Omega Protein, Inc. v. Evanston Ins. Co., Case No. 2020-CA-01097-SCT, 2022 WL178171, at *1 (Miss. Jan. 20, 2022).

Litigation arose from an explosion at a facility that occurred during work being performed on a large metal storage tank by a party contracted to perform welding and fabrication work. The explosion killed one worker and injured others.  Read more.