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BELT PAINTING CORP. v. TIG INS. CO.

100 N.Y.2d 377 (2003)

795 N.E.2d 15

763 N.Y.S.2d 790

BELT PAINTING CORP., Respondent, v. TIG INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 1, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, LLP, New York City (Thomas R. Newman of counsel), and Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, LLP (Michael Aylward of counsel) for appellant.

Hagan Coury & Associates, Brooklyn (Paul Golden of counsel), for respondent.

O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York City (John Altieri and Brian V. Ellner of counsel), and Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP, Washington, D.C. (Laura A. Foggan, David H. Topol and Zedford D. Dancey of counsel), for Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association, amicus curiae.

Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP, New York City (Jonathan M. Goodman of counsel), and Barry J. Fleishman, Washington, D.C., for National Paint & Coatings Association, Inc., amicus curiae.

Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C. (William F. Greaney, Elliott Schulder and Carlton F.W. Larson of counsel), and C. William Phillips, New York City, for National Association of Home Builders and others, amici curiae.

Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C., New York City (Eugene R. Anderson, John N. Ellison and Richard P. Lewis of counsel), and Amy Bach, Mill Valley, California, for United Policyholders, amicus curiae.

Judges SMITH, CIPARICK, ROSENBLATT, GRAFFEO and READ concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge KAYE.

Once again we address the applicability of a pollution exclusion endorsement in an insurance policy (see e.g. Westview Assoc. v Guaranty Natl. Ins. Co., 95 N.Y.2d 334 [2000]; Northville Indus. Corp. v National Union Fire Ins. Co., 89 N.Y.2d 621 [1997]). Because the exclusion at issue...

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