Millers Mutual Insurance Ass'n of Illinois v. Shell Oil Co.

In this declaratory judgment action, defendant/appellant Shell Oil Company (“Shell”) appeals from a judgment which determined that Millers Mutual Insurance Association of Illinois (“Millers”) had no obligation to defend or indemnify Shell or the named insured, H.T. Dunn Oil Company, Inc. (“Dunn”) in a tort action in which Miller paid its liability policy limits to the tort claimants and settled as to Dunn. We affirm.

Shell leased land, on which a gas station sits, to Dunn. In addition to the lease, Dunn and Shell entered into a dealer agreement, containing detailed provisions regarding the…