Minnis v. Oregon Mutual Insurance

*193DE MUNIZ, J.

In this insurance case, we are asked to determine whether Oregon Mutual Insurance Company (defendant) had a duty to defend its insured, Little John’s Pizza (Little John’s), in a tort action by a former Little John’s employee, Winters. After that action was settled, Little John’s and its owner, John Minnis (Minnis), brought this action against defendant. The trial court entered summary judgment in favor of defendant. The Court of Appeals reversed that judgment in part, holding that defendant had a duty to defend Little John’s because Winters’s complaint could have imposed vicarious…