Town of Orland v. National Fire & Casualty Co.

OPINION

BAKER, Judge

Appellant-plaintiff Town of Orland (Or-land) appeals the trial court’s grant of partial summary judgment in favor of ap-pellee-defendant National Fire & Casualty Co. (National). Specifically, Orland argues that National had a duty to defend Orland in the lawsuit filed against it by Jones & Henry Engineers, LTD (Jones). Thus, Orland asserts that summary judgment should have been granted in its favor on the duty to defend issue.

FACTS

In 1993, Orland contracted with Jones, an engineering firm, to design a waste-water public works and an extension of Orland’s drinking water…