With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". in the event of a loss — is responsible for the language employed. Furthermore, the purpose of the contract being to provide insurance coverage, an interpretation of doubtful terms which construes the language to provide such coverage tends to effectuate the presumed good faith intent of the contracting parties. Burdett, 419 F.2d at 248-49. For these reasons, the insurer, not the insured, bears the burden of proving the applicability of an exclusion in its policy. Cont’l Ins. Co. v. Louis Marx Co., 64 Ohio St.2d 399, 415 N.E.2d 315, 317 (1980). Courts should not, however, construe an insurance contract against the insurer in the absence of ambiguity in its language. Karabin v. State Auto. Mut. Ins. Co., 10 Ohio St.3d 163, 462 N.E.2d 403, 406 (1984); see also King, 519 N.E.2d at 1383 (<HOLDING>). To restate the applicable law simply: we use

A: holding that a governments consent to be sued must be construed strictly in favor of the sovereign
B: holding ambiguities are strictly construed against the insurer as drafter
C: holding that an insurance contract should be construed as a reasonable person in the position of the insured would have understood it and that if the language used in the policy is reasonably susceptible to different constructions it must be given the construction most favorable to the insured
D: holding that only if provisions in an insurance contract are open to more than one interpretation should it be construed strictly against the insurer and liberally in favor of the insured
D.