CBI INDUSTRIES v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS.

No. 01-91-00710-CV.

860 S.W.2d 662 (1993)

CBI INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant, v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA., Walbrook Insurance Company, Ltd., Anglo American Insurance Company, Ltd., Kraft Insurance Company, Ltd., El Paso Insurance Company, Ltd., Louisville Insurance Company, Ltd., Ludgate Insurance Company, Ltd., Mutual Reinsurance Company, Ltd., Compangie Europeenne D'Assurances Industrielles, S.A., Assicurazioni Generali, S.P.A., Lexington Insurance Company, Turegum Insurance Company, Dominion Insurance Company, and Rome and Companies, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied September 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debora D. Ratliff, Houston, for appellant.

Daniel F. Shank, Tom Lorance, David W. Prasifka, Kent E. Westmoreland, Bill Luyties, Houston, for appellees.

Before DUGGAN, DUNN and MIRABAL, JJ.


OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from the granting of summary judgments in favor of numerous insurance companies in an action for damages, injunctive relief, and a declaration of coverage brought by their insured. The issue in the trial court was whether the "absolute pollution exclusions" relied upon by the defendants were ambiguous as to the meaning to be given the term "pollution," an issue currently being faced by other jurisdictions across...

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