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- Title: Ohio Casualty Insurance Co. v. Flanagin
- Author : New Jersey Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 18, 1965
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
Description
The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company (Ohio) issued a "Manufacturers and Contractors Schedule Liability Policy" to Paul W. Flanagin (Flanagin), a building contractor. Multiple personal injury and property damage suits were instituted against the insured and others after the collapse of a building to which he was constructing an addition. Ohio thereupon filed a complaint seeking a declaratory adjudication that it had "no liability for defense or indemnification of the defendant, Paul W. Flanagin." In this action it joined not only the plaintiffs in the suits thereto filed against Flanagin but also numerous other parties who, although not having filed suits against the insured, allegedly sustained bodily injury as a result of the accident. The Chancery Division held that both the personal injury and property damage claims were, on their face, covered by the policy and that Ohio was therefore obligated to defend Flanagin. The trial judge, however, refused to adjudge the ultimate liability of Ohio and the question of Flanagins negligence. On appeal, the Appellate Division affirmed as to the personal injury claims but reversed as to the property damage claims, holding that such latter claims were outside the scope of the policy and thus that Ohio was not required to defend. This Court granted certification upon petition of Ohio and cross-petition of Modern Clothing Co., Inc. (Modern), a property damage claimant and one of the defendants. 43 N.J. 134 (1964).