ALLSTATE INS. CO. v. CAMPBELL

No. 2009-2358.

128 Ohio St.3d 186 (2010)

2010-Ohio-6312

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY ET AL., Appellants, v. CAMPBELL ET AL., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 30, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crabbe, Browne & James, L.L.P., and Daniel J. Hurley , for appellant Allstate Insurance Company.

Mazza & Associates and Robert H. Willard , for appellant American Southern Insurance Company.

Caborn & Butauski Co., L.P.A., David A. Caborn , and Elizabeth D. Owsley , for appellant Erie Insurance Exchange.

Gary L. Grubler , for appellant Grange Mutual Casualty Company.

Karr & Sherman Co., L.P.A., Keith M. Karr , and David W. Culley , for appellee Robert J. Roby Jr.

Paul O. Scott Co., L.P.A., and Paul O. Scott , for appellees Dustin S. Zachariah and Katherine E. Piper.

Reminger Co., L.P.A., Brian D. Sullivan , and Clifford C. Masch , urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys.

Paul W. Flowers Co., L.P.A., and Paul W. Flowers , urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Association for Justice.


LANZINGER, J.

{¶ 1} In this appeal arising from a declaratory judgment action to determine whether insurance coverage exists in a lawsuit involving injuries stemming from a misguided teenage prank, we are asked to apply the doctrine of inferred intent with respect to intentional-act exclusions. Because we decline to allow the intent to harm to be inferred as a matter of law in cases in...

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