Dial Corp. v. Marine Office of America

PRESIDING JUSTICE QUINN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Dial Corporation (Dial), filed a complaint for declaratory judgment against defendants, Marine Office of America Corp. (Marine) and Eagle Rigging, Inc. (Eagle), seeking a determination as to whether Marine, as insurer, owed a duty to indemnify Eagle, its insured, in an underlying suit. Dial appeals from the circuit court’s order granting Marine’s motion to dismiss pursuant to sections 2 — 615 and 2 — 619 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2 — 615, 2 — 619 (West 1996)) and contends that: (1) the circuit court erred in…