Legal Opinion
Hartong v. Makary
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided August 30, 1995No. 17085PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reece, Presiding Judge.
Farmers Insurance 1 (“Farmers”) appeals from the trial court’s declaratory judgment finding that Farmers is contractually obligated to indemnify and defend James Makary in a wrongful death suit brought by his wife’s estate. Farmers raises three assignments of error. We find merit in the second assignment of error and, therefore, reverse the judgment of the trial court.
On December 29,1992, James Makary fatally shot his wife, Barbara Makary, at their apartment. As a result of the shooting, Barbara’s estate brought a wrongful death suit against James. At the time of the…
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