Legal Opinion
Tonicstar Ltd. v. Lovegreen Turbine Services, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 1, 2008No. 06-3503PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYE, Circuit Judge.
A cloth rag remaining in an oil refinery compressor caused several million dollars in business interruption damages. Tonics-tar Limited, one of the insurers of Love-green Turbine Services, the company who serviced the compressor, brought this declaratory judgment action claiming it had no duty to defend or indemnify Lovegreen in an action for damages brought by the owner of the oil refinery. The district court1 granted Tonicstar’s motion for summary judgment, concluding the insurer did *792not owe Lovegreen a duty to defend or indemnify. We affirm.
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- U. S. Sanitary Specialties Corp. v. Globe Indemnity Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, INC.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2006
- Shelter Mutual Insurance v. DeShazoMissouri Court of Appeals · 1997
- Tga Development, Inc. v. Northern Insurance Company of New York Employers Mutual Casualty Company Federal Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
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