Gopher Oil Co. v. American Hardware Mutual Insurance Co.

*761OPINION

LANSING, Judge

A successor oil-distributing corporation, through a declaratory judgment action, seeks indemnification and defense from its predecessor’s insurer for environmental liabilities stemming from the predecessor’s activities at four sites. We conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion or reversibly err in finding coverage, granting partial summary judgment excluding one site, directing a verdict that actual injury occurred at one site, instructing the jury, ruling on evidentiary objections, or ordering indemnification and defense costs. The district court’s…