Taber v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co.

Edwin Taber, Eddie Taber, Phillip Troup, and Rhanda Troup, all plaintiffs or defendants in a negligence suit, appeal from the grant of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company's motion for summary judgment in this separate declaratory judgment action. The trial court found that, as a matter of law, Nationwide is under no obligation to provide a defense for Edwin Taber in the negligence action. We affirm the judgment.

On July 10, 1982, an automobile driven by Eddie Taber struck and injured Phillip Troup. Troup and his wife filed suit, naming as defendants Eddie Taber and his father Edwin Taber, the…