Heshelman v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal by Alan D. Heshelman (Insured) from an adverse decision of the trial court in his action for damages against Nationwide Fire Insurance Co. (Insurer) for failure to defend the Insured in a third party lawsuit. The duty to defend was predicated on a homeowner’s policy of insurance which included coverage and a duty to defend a lawsuit alleging bodily injury. The Insured’s action against the Insurer began as a declaratory judgment action to determine the obligation of the duty to defend. The Insurer answered that there was no coverage or duty to…