Section 15.11 Conclusion

• Library: Insurance Practice 2015

Missouri law on coverage for environmental damages under comprehensive general liability (CGL) policies is still developing. The Eighth Circuit has held that government-mandated clean-up costs are not compensable damages and that the qualified pollution exclusion bars coverage for damage that results from the gradual release of contaminants. Conversely, the Supreme Court of Missouri has held that clean-up costs required by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability...