HUGGINS v. TRI-COUNTY BONDING CO.

No. CC953.

337 S.E.2d 12 (1985)

William F. HUGGINS, Sr., etc., Plaintiff, v. TRI-COUNTY BONDING CO., etc., and John C. Myers, Defendants, and Joseph W. MYERS, et al., Defendants and Third Party Plaintiffs, v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FIRE INS. CO., etc., Third Party Defendant.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

November 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillips, Gardill, Kaiser, Boos and Hartley, R. Dean Hartley, Wheeling, for plaintiff Huggins.

Herbert G. Underwood, and Irene M. Keeley, Steptoe & Johnson, Clarksburg, for Myers.

Goodwin & Quinn, Suzanne Quinn, Susan Y. Dodd, Thomas A. Goodwin, Wheeling, for Nationwide Ins.


MILLER, Chief Justice:

The Circuit Court of Marshall County asks us to resolve two related certified questions in order to determine whether Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company (Nationwide) is obligated to defend its homeowners policyholder in a negligent entrustment action.

The action arises from a two-vehicle accident which resulted in injuries to the plaintiff's ward, Mary Lou Blakemore. One of the vehicles was driven by the defendant John Myers, the...

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