Incarnato v. Metro. Property & Cas. Ins. Co.

1996 Ohio 373, 76 Ohio St. 3d 562

• Court: Ohio Supreme Court
• Decided: September 4, 1996
• Docket: 1996-0671
• Status: Published

Opinion

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 76 Ohio St.3d 562.]

INCARNATO, APPELLANT, v. METROPOLITAN PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLEE. [Cite as Incarnato v. Metro. Property & Cas. Ins. Co., 1996-Ohio-373.] Insurance—Automobile liability—Each person covered by an uninsured motorist policy who is asserting a claim for loss of consortium has a separate claim subject to a separate per person policy limit—Provision in insurance policy which reaches a contrary result is unenforceable. (No. 96-671—Submitted June 25, 1996—Decided September 4, 1996.) CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Tuscarawas County, No. 95AP-050037. __________________ Clark, Perdue, Roberts & Scott Co., L.P.A., and Jami S. Oliver, for appellant. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed, and the cause is remanded for further proceedings on the authority of Schaefer v. Allstate Ins. Co. (1996), 76 Ohio St.3d 553, 668 N.E.2d 913. DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur. MOYER, C.J., and COOK, J., dissent. STRATTON, J., not participating. __________________