Cambridge Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Tollett

Quillin, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Brenda S. Tollett, appeals from a judgment of the Lorain County Court of Common Pleas that determined that appellee, Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Company (“Cambridge”), had no duty to defend or indemnify its insured against a wrongful death claim brought by Tollett. We reverse the trial court’s judgment as to the duty to defend, but affirm the trial court’s determination that Cambridge had no duty to indemnify the insured.

On February 2, 1991, Rachel Boker fatally stabbed her boyfriend, Keith Anthony Tollett, during an argument. Brenda S. Tollett, mother…