Legal Opinion
Revelation Industries, Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance
Montana Supreme Court
Decided April 10, 2009No. DA 07-0752PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cotter
¶1 Revelation Industries (Revelation) sued its insurer, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company (St. Paul), for refusing to defend and *185indemnify Revelation in a lawsuit with Phillips Environmental Products, Inc. (Phillips). The Eighteenth Judicial District Court ruled that St. Paul had no duty to defend Revelation. Revelation appeals. We reverse and remand.
ISSUES
¶2 A restatement of the issues on appeal is:
¶3 Did the District Court err when it determined that St. Paul had no duty to defend Revelation based on the contents of Phillips’ complaint?
¶4 Did the policy requirement of an “event”…
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