( January 24, 2024, 2:55 PM EST) -- XE "pollution
exclusion" SAN FRANCISCO — The majority of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 23 reversed a district court’s ruling that a pollution exclusion bars coverage for an underlying toxic exposure XE "toxic exposure" suit stemming from the cleanup of wildfire debris after determining that a potential for coverage exists because the mechanism of exposure does not clearly constitute an event that is commonly thought of as pollution event pursuant to California precedent....