Griffith Foods International Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburg

The Seventh Circuit reversed the district court's judgment for the insureds (Griffith Foods and Sterigenics) and entered judgment for the insurance company (National Union). The court held that the pollution exclusion in the commercial general liability insurance policy bars coverage for ethylene oxide emissions, following the Illinois Supreme Court's certification answer that permits or regulations authorizing emissions are irrelevant to applying the pollution exclusion.