Wagner v. Milwaukee Mutual Insurance

Howard Wagner appeals a summary judgment dismissing his complaint and all causes of action against his insurer Milwaukee Mutual Insurance Company. Wagner contends that under the terms of a multiperil insurance policy issued to him by Milwaukee Mutual, he is entitled to recover the costs of locating a gasoline leak on his property and venting a municipal sewer line that the leaking gasoline had contaminated. The Department of Natural Resources charged these costs to Wagner pursuant to sec. 144.76(3), Stats. Because we conclude that such loss is covered under the insurance policy, we reverse…