Legal Opinion
City of Willoughby Hills v. Cincinnati Insurance
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided February 15, 1984No. Nos. 82-1727 and 83-350PublishedCited by 192 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCelebrezze, C.J.
In Motorists Mut. v. Trainor (1973), 33 Ohio St. 2d 41 [62 O.O.2d 402], this court held at paragraphs one and two of the syllabus:
“1. An insurance company, which by contract is obligated to defend its insured in a negligence action, may defend in good faith without waiving its right to assert at a later time the policy defenses it believes it has, provided that it gives its insured notice of any reservation of rights.
“2. The test of the duty of an insurance company, under a policy of *179liability insurance, to defend an action against an insured, is the scope of the allegations of the complaint…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Motorists Mutual Insurance v. TrainorOhio Supreme Court · 1973
- SOLO CUP COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- Spruill Motors, Inc. v. Universal Underwriters InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1973
- Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. v. Continental Casualty Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1945
- Ladner Co., Inc. v. Southern Guaranty Ins.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1977
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3Cited by192 opinions
- Hecla Mining Co. v. New Hampshire Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1991
- Kenneth M. Romstadt v. Allstate Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
- Preferred Risk Insurance v. GillOhio Supreme Court · 1987
- Ohio Government Risk Management Plan v. HarrisonOhio Supreme Court · 2007
- Cole v. American Industries & Resources Corp.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1998
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