COOK v. DESOTO FUELS, INC.

No. ED 84514.

169 S.W.3d 94 (2005)

Mary Jeanne COOK, Mary Jeanne Cook as Trustee of the Mary Jeanne Cook, Inter Vivos Trust Dated February 6, 1986 and Cook Limited Partnership, Appellants, v. DeSOTO FUELS, INC., Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

August 2, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt D. Breeze, Festus, MO, for respondent.

Morry S. Cole, St. Louis, MO, for appellant.


OPINION

GLENN A. NORTON, Judge.

Property owners sued DeSoto Fuels, Inc., alleging that gasoline leaking from tanks at DeSoto's gas station had contaminated their land and groundwater. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of DeSoto based on the statute of limitations, and the property owners appeal. We reverse and remand.

I. BACKGROUND

DeSoto owned and operated an Amoco gas station located near property owned by Claude...

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