RLI Insurance v. Agency of Transportation

Plaintiff RLI Insurance Company appeals a Chittenden Superior Court order granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment. RLI commenced this action requesting, in part, that the court enter a declaratory judgment that it had no duty to defend or to provide coverage for defendant Wayne Eells in a wrongful death suit. RLI argues that Eells was not an employee of the named insured, Champlain Valley Aviation, Inc. (CVA) within the meaning of the applicable insurance policy and hence was not covered. The superior court granted summary judgment to Eells. We affirm.

This case arises out of a…