Braxton v. United States Fire Insurance Co.

In recent years much public clamor has arisen that insurance policies be written in *621simple and concise language. The industry has made attempts to satisfy that clamor. If such attempts are to be successful, policies must be interpreted by the courts in accordance with the usual meaning of such language, without undue straining of that language. I do not believe the majority opinion has so interpreted this policy and I therefore respectfully dissent. I believe the language of the Supreme Court in Harrison v. MFA Mutual Ins. Co., 607 S.W.2d 137 (Mo. banc 1980) [6, 7] is applicable:

“Where…