Montana Petroleum Tank Release Compensation Board v. Crumleys, Inc.

¶ 1 The Montana Petroleum Tank Release Compensation Board (“the Board”) brought suit in the First Judicial District Court against Federated Service Insurance Company (“Federated”), seeking to *36recover the costs of cleaning up a leak from an underground diesel tank owned and operated by Visocan Petroleum Company (“Visocan”), Federated’s insured. The District Court granted partial summary judgment to the Board, and found that the Board, as Visocan’s subrogee, had the authority to assert Visocan’s rights and claims against Federated. The District Court held that the leak was partially covered…