Buckeye Union Casualty Co. v. Strashun

This lawsuit grows out of an action to recover on a policy of insurance issued by the plaintiff in error to the defendant in error, Dr. A. Strashun, indemnifying him “for all loss by burglary, theft, larceny or robbery.” The policy defines robbery as follows: “Robbery as used herein shall mean a felonious and forcible taking of such property from any of the individuals covered hereby who is over eighteen years of age, accompanied by bodily injury or threat of bodily injury to the person from whom the property is taken, or by putting such person in fear of bodily injury.”

Dr. Strashun suffered…