Blake v. Nationwide Insurance

¶ 1. Plaintiff Clifton Blake appeals the superior court’s grant of summary judgment for defendant Nationwide Insurance Company (“Nationwide”). Plaintiff argues that Nationwide had a duty to defend the insured’s employee, Clifford Riddle, in the underlying negligence action and that Nationwide’s failure to defend should estop it from asserting that injuries caused by Riddle’s negligence were not covered by the policy. Plaintiff also claims that the superior court: (1) erroneously granted Nationwide summary judgment based on the finding that plaintiff’s injuries occurred in the course of his…