Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court November 10, 1997 (Western Alliance Insurance v. Gill)

Greaney, J.

The plaintiff, Western Alliance Insurance Company (Western Alliance), commenced an action in the Superior Court seeking a declaration that, under the “pollution exclusion” provision in its general liability policy, it was not obligated to defend or indemnify its insureds, the owners and operators of a restaurant in Cambridge known as the India Gate Restaurant.