Irving Oil Limited v. ACE INA Insurance

[¶ 1] Irving Oil Limited (IOL) appeals, 1 and ACE INA Insurance (ACE) cross-appeals, from an order entered in the Business and Consumer Docket (Nivison, J.) granting IOL’s motion for summary judgment in part and denying it in part, and denying ACE’s cross-motion for summary judgment. The motions concerned Count I of IOL’s complaint seeking a declaratory judgment requiring ACE to defend it in dozens of suits filed against IOL alleging liability for damage caused by the introduction of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), a gasoline additive, into the environment. Although we conclude that a…