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Illegal drug held to be excluded contaminant from insurance policy (US)

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By Patrick Bracher (ZA) on August 6, 2021

A US court found that liquid and solid forms of the illegal drug methamphetamine (a highly addictive stimulant known as meth and by other names) was an excluded “contaminant” for the purposes of a house owner’s insurance policy.

The insured’s grandson resided with the insured. The police executing a search warrant discovered liquid and solid…

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