Producers Dairy Delivery Co. v. Sentry Insurance

Opinion

LUCAS, J.

We granted a hearing in this case to decide whether a “Standard Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability Insurance Policy” may be construed to extend coverage to an employer for tort liability incurred due to injuries to a nonemployee. We conclude that the policy provides no such coverage.

I. Facts

Plaintiffs Producers Dairy Delivery Company, Inc. (Producers) and Federal Insurance Company (Federal) appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of defendant Sentry Insurance Company (Sentry), in a declaratory relief action seeking to establish that a workers’ compensation…