SOUTH CENT. BELL v. KA-JON FOOD STORES

No. 93-CC-2926.

644 So.2d 357 (1994)

SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY v. KA-JON FOOD STORES OF LOUISIANA, INC. and Broadmoor Service Center, Inc.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Granted June 24, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emile C. Rolfs, III, William F. Ridlon, II, Baton Rouge, for applicants.

Celia R. Cangelosi, Milton O. Walsh, Murphy J. Burke, III, Baton Rouge, Michael P. Colvin, New Orleans, Catherine S. Nobile, Frank A. Fertitta, Baton Rouge, for respondent.

Ralph S. Hubbard, III, New Orleans, Thomas W. Brunner, Laura A. Foggan, Carol A. Barthel, Washington, DC, for Insurance Environmental Litigation, amicus curiae.

Maureen N. Harbourt, Esteban Herrera, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Louisiana Chemical Ass'n, amicus curiae.

Francis S. Craig, III, Baton Rouge, Eugene R. Anderson, New York City, Martha Churchill, Chicago, IL, for Mid-America Legal Fund, amicus curiae.


ORTIQUE, Justice.1

The resolution of this case requires the interpretation of an "absolute" pollution exclusion endorsement to a standard commercial general liability business insurance policy.

South Central Bell (Bell) filed suit against a convenience store operator and its insurer after gasoline, which accidentally leaked from the convenience store's underground storage tanks, damaged Bell's cables. Bell's suit requests tort...

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