State v. Mauthe

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted to the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company based on the trial court’s conclusion that coverage was excluded under the insurance policy issued to Norbert Mauthe by a pollution exclusion clause. The appellants, the State of Wisconsin and Carol Mauthe, personal representative of the estate of Norbert Mauthe, contend that the language of the pollution exclusion clause is ambiguous and that we should resolve the ambiguity in favor of finding coverage. Because this case is controlled by prior decisions of the supreme court and the court of…