How have courts interpreted the phrase "sudden and accidental" in pollution exclusion clauses?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from ACL Technologies, Inc. v. Northbrook Property & Casualty Ins. Co., 17 Cal.App.4th 1773, 22 Cal.Rptr.2d 206 (Cal. App. 1993):

18 Just v. Land Reclamation, Ltd. (1990) 155 Wis.2d 737, 456 N.W.2d 570, 578 ["the phrase 'sudden and accidental,' contained in the pollution exclusion clause, means unexpected and unintended damages"].

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