Cantrell v. Farm Bureau Town & Country Insurance Co. of Missouri

Farm Bureau Town & Country Insurance Company (Farm Bureau) appeals the judgment in favor of Joseph and Betty Cantrell, husband and wife, entered following jury verdict. The ultimate issue is whether the Farm Bureau insurance policy that insured the Cantrells’ home against fire damage insured the home against permeation of residual, noxious fumes resulting from a fire to the home. Farm Bureau also complains that the verdict finding instructions breached Supreme Court Rule 70 which requires instructions to be “simple, brief, impartial, free from argument,” and not “require findings of detailed…