Missouri Appeals Court Finds Floor Stripper Is a Vehicle, But Policy Is Ambiguous (Jennifer tutorial)

ST. LOUIS - After finding an insurance policy's language detailing its pollution exclusion ambiguous, a Missouri state appeals court reversed a lower court's summary judgment on a declaratory judgment action on the issue of insurance coverage for damages to an orphan association's building resulting from asbestos contamination caused by renovation. Cincinnati Insurance Company v. German St. Vincent Orphan Association, Inc., No. ED78552 (Mo. Ct. App., Eastern Dist., Div. Four).

In its July 24 ruling, the Court of Appeals of Missouri was unable clarify language used in the Cincinnati Insurance Company policy that covered German St. Vincent Orphan Association's building, especially …