State Farm Mutual Insurance v. Mahin

Marianna Brown Bettman, Judge.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment action wherein the court below was asked to determine coverage issues involving several different insurance policies.

The operative facts giving rise to the case are these. On November 22, 1987, Susan L. Await (“Await”) was killed and an acquaintance, Jean Walters, was severely injured when they were struck by an automobile negligently operated by Andrew Clayton. At the time of the accident, Clayton had liability insurance through Ohio Casualty Insurance Company (“Ohio Casualty”) which provided coverage in the amounts…