Missouri Upholds Pollution Exclusion to Relieve Insurance ...

In a recent decision, the Missouri Supreme Court for the first time considered the meaning and application of a pollution exclusion in a ...

Missouri Supreme Court Upholds Pollution Exclusion

The Missouri Supreme Court has unanimously held a pollution exclusion to apply in a dispute between a lead smelting company and one of its ...

Missouri Courts' Application of the Pollution Exclusion

v. American Guarantee & Liability Ins., the Missouri Supreme Court considered whether a general liability policy's pollution exclusion barred ...

Painting a Historical Picture of Pollution Exclusion Clauses

62 Because insurance policies have been held to be contracts under Missouri law, the District Court treated the insurance policy as such and applied the ...

Policyholders Cannot Prevail with Pollution Exclusion

The Western District of Missouri's recent ruling in Zwillo provides yet another basis for insurers to deny coverage due to alleged losses incurred ...

Occurrence and Pollution Exclusion, Other Insurance Coverage ...

The Supreme Court further found that the policies' pollution exclusion did not apply to preclude coverage because its language was at least ...

SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI en banc

Because the pollution exclusion is unambiguous and bars coverage, St. Paul does not have a duty to defend Doe Run. I. Interpreting Insurance ...

SC96107 - Doe Run Brief - Missouri Courts

On the pollution exclusion defense, the circuit court followed Missouri insurance principles and appellate ... and accidental release (relevant to a ...

Absolute Pollution Exclusions Aren't Always Absolute, Insurance ...

... Missouri that extract and crush lead ore to make lead concentrate. The ... release, or escape" of "pollutants or contaminants." These ...

in the circuit court of st. louis county - Missouri Judicial Evaluations

environmental pollution and upheld the trial court's denial of coverage. ... As noted in Section B, supra, the pollution exclusion unambiguously denies insurance.

Heringer v. American Family Mut. Ins. Co. :: 2004 - Justia Law

The pollution exclusion clearly and unambiguously excludes from coverage bodily injury arising out of the ingestion, inhalation, or absorption of pollutants.

A Discourse On The Pollution Exclusion - PropertyCasualty360

The exclusion was meant to allow coverage for pollution discharges that were sudden and accidental. This was the way the industry planned to ...

The Pollution Exclusion Applied to Construction Related Damages

Pollution exclusion barred coverage for lung injuries suffered by individuals inside an ice rink that resulted from nitrogen dioxide, a toxic by ...

Missouri Court Rules That Pollution Exclusion Precludes Coverage ...

A Missouri federal district court ruled that an insurer was not obligated to contribute to an underlying asbestos settlement, finding that coverage was barred ...

Enforceability of Pollution Exclusions: A 50-state survey

v. Butler Area School District, et al. found that two insurance companies have a duty to defend a school district against a proposed class ...

Pollution Exclusion, Insurance Litigation, Insurance Industry | JD Supra

Pollution Exclusion › Insurance Litigation › Insurance ... Missouri Supreme Court Upholds Pollution Exclusion ... ” Perhaps, but it probably didn't help the coach ...

Pollution Exclusion Clause Relieves Insurer of Duty to Defend in ...

5 Consequently, if named as a PRP for hazardous waste claims, the insureds turn to their insurance carriers to pro- vide a legal defense during ...

Courts continue to be 'contaminated' by the pollution exclusion

This case raised a matter of first impression for the Missouri. Supreme Court: whether a general pollution exclusion bars coverage for toxic tort claims arising ...

Liability Insurance Coverage for Superfund Claims: A Modest Proposal

Appelquist, Liability Insurance Coverage for Superfund Claims: A Modest Proposal, 53 MO. ... For a history of the pollution exclusion, see Hunter, The Pollution ...

Application Of The Pollution Exclusion In First Party Property Cases

The policy excluded coverage for property loss “caused by release, discharge or dispersal of contaminants or pollutants.” Id. at 164. After discussing ...