California Court of Appeal

In insurance coverage dispute, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where pollution exclusion in policies bars coverage for liability for offensive and injurious odors emanating from a compost facility and spreading over a mile away.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/20/2007
• Published 11/20/2007

Judges

• MARCHIANO, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Cannata, Ching & O'Toole LLP, Therese Y. Cannata, Esq., Michael M. Ching, Esq., San Francisco, Maria C. Weydemuller, Esq., for Plaintiff and Appellant., Amy Bach, Esq., Mill Valley, Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C., Paul Walker-Bright, Esq., Evan T. Knott, Esq., for United Policyholders for Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Chapman, Popik & White, Mark A. White, Esq., San Francisco, for Respondent.