MONSANTO CO. v. INTERN. INS. CO. (EIL)

No. 162, 1994.

652 A.2d 36 (1994)

MONSANTO COMPANY, a corporation of the State of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY (EIL), Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: November 7, 1994.

Revised: December 23, 1994.

Revised and Rehearing Denied December 23, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Crompton, Jr., Richard L. Horwitz, and Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Jerold Oshinsky, Anderson, Kill, Olick & Oshinsky, Washington, DC, of counsel; John M. Bray (argued), and David J. Curtin, Schwalb, Donnenfeld, Bray & Silbert, Washington, DC, of counsel, for appellant.

James W. Semple, Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, Frederick Brown (argued), James Hughes, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, San Francisco, CA, of counsel, for appellee.

Before VEASEY, C.J., HOLLAND and HARTNETT, JJ.


VEASEY, Chief Justice:

In this interlocutory appeal from the Superior Court, we consider whether Missouri law1 permits the introduction of extrinsic evidence to interpret an unambiguous, integrated insurance contract. The plaintiff-appellant, Monsanto Company ("Monsanto"), seeks the introduction of parol evidence in this case, and a resultant declaratory judgment that it has coverage from defendant below-appellee, International Insurance...

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