Dumenric v. Union Oil Co. of California

PRESIDING JUSTICE EGAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Aetna Life and Casualty Co. (Aetna) appeals from an order granting summary judgment in favor of Union Oil Company of California (Union). The trial judge held that Aetna was estopped from denying insurance coverage to Union for an occurrence in which James Dumenric was injured while working on an oil storage tank owned by Union. Aetna contends that the record establishes, as a matter of law, that Aetna was not estopped to deny coverage to Union or, alternatively, that fact questions exist that would bar summary judgment.

Union entered…