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“Because no individual person or persons were identified, coverage fails?”
Justice Stewart to counsel for Acuity
“The way I read the underlying complaints was that the governments are suing for increased emergency services. Is that correct?”
Justice Fischer to counsel for Masters Pharmaceutical, Inc.
On September 8, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral…
On September 8, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in Acuity v. Masters Pharmaceutical, Inc., 2020-1134. At issue in this case is whether an insurance company, which issued a policy to a pharmaceutical distributor for “damages because of bodily injury” is required to defend against a government lawsuit stemming…
“We consider the language in the policy—which states that the policy could be rendered void ab initio if the insured’s warranty proved to be untrue—to be a sufficient warning.”
Justice Donnelly, opinion of the Court
On May 6, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co.
Update: On May 6, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On September 11, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company v. Pusser et al., 2018-1137. At issue in this case is whether the words “may”…
Update: On May 6, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the oral argument here.
On September 11, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company v. Pusser et al., 2018-1137. At…
On January 31, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio released a merit decision in LGR Realty, Inc. v. Frank & London Ins. Agency,2018-Ohio-334. (According to the Reporter’s Note, the case was actually decided on January 16, 2018, while Justice O’Neill was still on the Court, but released on January 31, 2018, after…
On August 18, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Granger v. Auto-Owners Ins., 2015-Ohio-3279. In a 5-2 opinion written by Justice Pfeifer, the court held that under the umbrella insurance policy at issue in the case, the insurance company had a duty to defend, and that the…
On March 12, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Hoyle v. DTJ Ents., Inc., 2015-Ohio-843. In a 5-2 decision written by Justice French, in which Justices Lanzinger and Kennedy concurred in the syllabus and judgment only and Justices O’Neill and Pfeifer dissented, the court held that a deliberate-intent-to-injure…
Update: On December 29, 2015 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On February 24, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of Jerry Dillon, et al. v. Farmers Insurance of Columbus, Inc., 2014-0451. At issue in this case…
On October 14, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Schill v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., 2014-Ohio-4527. At issue in the case was the availability of umbrella coverage from an insurance policy in a wrongful death case. The answer turned on the definition of domicile in the policy. In a…
