Case Name: CORDON et al. v. INDEMNITY INS. CO. OF NORTH AMERICA
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1941-10-09
Citations: 123 F.2d 363
Docket Number: Nos. 8662, 8663
Parties: CORDON et al. v. INDEMNITY INS. CO. OF NORTH AMERICA.
Judges: Before SIMONS, ALLEN and HAMILTON, JJ.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 123
Pages: 363–364

Head Matter:
CORDON et al. v. INDEMNITY INS. CO. OF NORTH AMERICA.
Nos. 8662, 8663.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
Oct. 9, 1941.
Raymond J. Parillo and Frank H. Fisher, both of Youngstown, Ohio, for appellants Jno. and Jas. Cordon.
Anderson & Lamb, of Youngstown, Ohio, for appellant John DeWald.
McKeehan, Merrick, Arter & Stewart, of Cleveland, Ohio, for appellee.
Before SIMONS, ALLEN and HAMILTON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In an appeal from a declaratory judgment declaring that a policy insuring the owner of premises against liability im posed by law on account of bodily injuries accidentally suffered thereon does not insure against an assault willfully committed by the owner's employee, it is the view of the court that the issue is controlled by the decisions of the Ohio Supreme Court in Commonwealth Casualty Co. v. Headers, 118 Ohio St. 429, 161 N.E. 278, and Rothman et al. v. Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Co., 134 Ohio St. 241, 16 N.E.2d 417, 117 A.L.R. 1169, wherein the principle is announced that: "The state of the will of the person by whose agency an injury is caused, rather than that of the injured person, determines whether an injury is accidental."
Wherefore, it is hereby ordered that the judgment below be, and it is hereby, affirmed.