Legal Opinion
Preferred Risk Insurance v. Gill
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided May 20, 1987No. 86-882PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
The threshold question presented herein is whether the instant action is properly before this court. More specifically, we must determine whether an insurance company may bring a declaratory judgment action to adjudicate its duty to defend or indemnify its insured in an action brought against the insured by a third party. In resolving this question, we are called upon to reexamine this court’s holding in Transamerica Ins. Co. v. Taylor (1986), 28 Ohio St. 3d 312, 28 OBR 381, 504 N.E. 2d 15.
Transamerica involved facts similar to those presented in the cause sub judice. In Transamerica, the…
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