Safeco Insurance Co. of America v. White

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{¶ 1} Safeco Insurance Company of America (“Safeco”) appeals from a decision declaring that Safeco is obliged to defend and indemnify its insureds, Lance and Diane White (“the Whites”), in connection with a negligence action filed against them after their 17-year-old son, Benjamin, attacked another child.

{¶ 2} The First District Court of Appeals certified this case pursuant to Section 3(B)(4), Article IV of the Ohio Constitution and App.R. 25, concluding that its judgment conflicts with judgments from other courts of appeals on two questions of law.

{¶ 3} First, the court of appeals certified…