Central Illinois Light Co. v. Home Insurance

Plaintiff Central Illinois Light Company (CILCO) filed suit against its excess liability insurers for indemnification of funds expended to investigate and remediate environmental contamination at several sites that formerly housed manufactured gas plants (MGPs). Defendant insurers filed nine motions seeking summary judgment or partial summary judgment. The circuit court of Peoria County granted five of these motions and denied four.

Interlocutory cross-appeals were taken to the appellate court pursuant to Rule 308 (155 Ill. 2d R. 308). CILCO appealed the circuit court’s orders granting three…