SAFECO INS. CO. OF AM. v. WHITE

Nos. 2008-0304 and 2008-0403.

122 Ohio St.3d 562 (2009)

2009-Ohio-3718

SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Appellant, v. WHITE et al. FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 4, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jenks, Pyper & Oxley Co., L.P.A., P. Christian Nordstrom, and Scott G. Oxley, for appellant.

Gallagher Sharp, Jay Clinton Rice, and Richard C.O. Rezie, for appellees.

Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., Dennis E. Murray Sr., and James L. Murray, urging affirmance for amici curiae, Vincent Joseph Bilgen and Gloria Louis.


MOYER, C.J.

I

{¶ 1} Safeco Insurance Company of America ("Safeco") appeals from a decision declaring that Safeco is obliged to defend and indemnify its insureds, Lance and Diane White ("the Whites"), in connection with a negligence action filed against them after their 17-year-old son, Benjamin, attacked another child.

{¶ 2} The First District Court...

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