Auto-Owners Insurance v. City of Clare

The plaintiffs are insurance companies that seek a declaratory judgment concerning their obligations to a municipality that they in*3sure. In circuit court, they sought summary disposition of their claim that the insurance contracts exclude coverage under the circumstances of this case. The circuit court denied summary disposition, but the Court of Appeals ordered the circuit court to reconsider the plaintiffs’ motion.

We hold that the circuit court erred in its interpretation of the policy language, and we vacate the Court of Appeals order and the order in which the circuit court denied the…