City of South Portland v. Maine Municipal Association Property & Casualty Pool

[¶ 1] The City of South Portland and its Code Enforcement Officer Patricia Dou-cette appeal from a summary judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, L. Walker, J.). The court concluded that the Maine Municipal Association Property & Casualty Pool had no duty to defend the City of South Portland and Doucette in a federal lawsuit challenging an ordinance. We agree that the Pool had no duty to defend, not because, as the court concluded, the complaint requested only nonmonetary relief, but rather because any potential damages would be excluded from coverage. We accordingly…