September 06, 2023
The Ninth Circuit asked the Alaska Supreme Court on Wednesday to consider whether claims arising from carbon monoxide exposure fall within the scope of a homeowners policy's total pollution exclusion, noting courts applying the laws of various states have provided conflicting answers.
February 01, 2023
A USAA unit urged the Ninth Circuit to follow the Alaska Supreme Court and adopt a literal interpretation of an "absolute" pollution exclusion in an insurance dispute over a teen's death from carbon monoxide poisoning, arguing nothing in the exclusion limits its scope to industrial or environmental pollution claims.