Pollution Liability and Product Damage

November 15, 2010

The insured sold a container with bleach to customer. While the customer was transporting the bleach in his vehicle, the cap to the container came loose causing the chemical to seep onto the back seat and floor of the vehicle. These parts have been bleached. The insured's CGL form has an exclusion for pollution. Does this scenario fit into the pollution exclusion?

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