Supreme Court of Connecticut
R.T. Vanderbilt Co., Inc. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.
October 8, 2019333 Conn. 343
Summary
The court affirmed the appellate judgment concerning insurance coverage for asbestos-related claims arising from Vanderbilt's talc business. It upheld the continuous-trigger allocation method, the unavailability-of-insurance exception, the exclusion of expert testimony on the timing of asbestos-related bodily injury, and the interpretation of pollution exclusions as not reaching asbestos exposure in indoor working environments. It also held that occupational-disease exclusions unambiguously apply to claims by both Vanderbilt employees and nonemployees who developed occupational diseases while working for other employers.