Protection Mutual Insurance Co. v. Kansas City

WASSERSTROM, Presiding Judge.

This case arises out of the tragic 1968 riots in Kansas City, Missouri. During the civil commotion of April 10 and 11, 1968, one drugstore of Parkview Gem, Inc. was fire bombed and another was vandalized. Those losses were covered by an insurance policy issued by Protection Mutual Insurance Company, and Protection Mutual paid Parkview Gem $125,088.75 under that coverage. Thereafter on October 4, 1968, Protection Mutual submitted claim of damage to the City of Kansas City under the Missouri Mob Violence Statute, Section 537.140 RSMo 1969, for the amount which it…