CINCINNATI INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLEE, v. COLELLI & ASSOCIATES, INC., APPELLANT.
No. 2001-1309
Supreme Court of Ohio
May 22, 2002
95 Ohio St.3d 325 | 2002-Ohio-2214
Insurance—Duty of insurer to defend—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on authority of Willoughby Hills v. Cincinnati Ins. Co.
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Wayne County, No. 00CA0053.
{¶1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Willoughby Hills v. Cincinnati Ins. Co. (1984), 9 Ohio St.3d 177, 9 OBR 463, 459 N.E.2d 555. The holding in Preferred Risk Ins. Co. v. Gill (1987), 30 Ohio St.3d 108, 30 OBR 424, 507 N.E.2d 1118, is limited to its facts.
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, HARSHA and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.
WILLIAM H. HARSHA III, J., of the Fourth Appellate District, sitting for COOK, J.
Baker, Dublikar, Beck, Wiley & Mathews, James F. Mathews and Jack R. Baker, for appellee.
Jaime P. Serrat and Shawn P. Martin, for appellant.
Robert P. Rutter, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.