Whether Dry Cleaner’s Insurer Defends In Pollution Case Depends on His State Court’s Definition of “Suit”

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Historically, the dry cleaner’s business insurance policy has been a package policy with more than one line of insurance in it. One of these lines is typically general liability insurance: the type of insurance that protects the business against liability from injuries to customers or to the property of others. The standard general liability coverage available to small business owners has for decades been commercial general liability coverage and is usually found in section two of the package policy. Continue reading “Whether Dry Cleaner’s Insurer Defends In Pollution Case Depends on His State Court’s Definition of “Suit””