California Court of Appeal

Defendant-insurance company's denial of insurance coverage for two groups of workers for "silica-related injuries" was proper based on the pollution exclusion contained in its commercial general liability policy.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/09/2005
• Published 03/09/2005

Judges

• POLLAK, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mannion & Lowe, E. Gerard Mannion, Wesley M. Lowe, Timothy D. Regan, Jr., San Francisco, for Claimant and Appellant., Stanzler Funderburk & Castellon LLP, San Francisco, Jordan S. Stanzler, Amy Bach, Mill Valley, for United Policyholders as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Claimant and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ault, Davis & Schonfeld, LLP, Richard P. Edwards, Corinne Coleman Bertsche, for Defendant and Respondent Golden Eagle Insurance Company.