Equilon Enterprises L.L.C. v. Great American Alliance Insurance

¶1 — Powell-Christensen, Inc., a fuel distributor, contracted with service stations to brand those outlets as Shell stations and delivered Shell fuel to the stations for retail sale. As required by its contract with Shell, Powell-Christensen added Shell as an insured on its commercial general liability policy, but only for liability arising out of Powell-Christensen’s operations. A young man was assaulted at one of the service stations and sued Shell under several theories, including the theory that the service station owners, alleged to have negligently maintained the premises, were agents…