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POWERS CHEMCO, INC. v. FED. INS. CO.

74 N.Y.2d 910 (1989)

Powers Chemco, Inc., Appellant, v. Federal Insurance Co., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 21, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Berger, Judith S. Roth, Emery M. Schweig and David B. Schacher for appellant.

David A. Schulz, John J. Sheehy, Nancy A. Brown and Jane F. Golden for respondent.

Paul R. Koepff, Thomas W. Brunner, James M. Johnstone and John W. Cavilia for Insurance Environmental Litigation Association, amicus curiae.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

This appeal involves a general comprehensive liability insurance policy containing the same "pollution exclusion" clause, and the same exception for "sudden and accidental" dispersals, that we construed in Technicon Elecs. Corp. v American Home Assur. Co. (74 N.Y.2d 66). In Technicon, we...

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