Erie Insurance Exchange v. Muff

¶ 1 Appellant, Erie Insurance Exchange, asks us to review the order entered by the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas in this declaratory judgment action, ordering Appellant to defend its insured, Appel-lee Trisha Muff, in the civil action filed against her by Appellees Jacob and Kelsey Bierling (“the Bierlings”). Appellant asks us to determine, inter alia, whether Mrs. Muffs conviction for first degree murder of the Bierlings’ infant daughter precludes the Bierlings from bringing a subsequent civil action against Mrs. Muff sounding in negligence. We hold that Mrs. Muffs criminal…