Missouri Courts’ Application of the Pollution Exclusion: A Contrast of Two Very Different Approaches to Insurance Policy Interpretation

In arriving at this holding, the Supreme Court seemingly distinguished an older Missouri appellate court opinion in Hocker Oil Co., Inc. v. Barker-Phillips-Jackson, Inc., 997 S.W.2d 510 (Mo. App. S.D. 1999), that refused to apply a similar pollution exclusion to property damage caused by leaks from a gasoline station’s underground storage tanks. Doe Run and Hocker Oil illustrate how […]