Meece v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

2000 Ohio 416, 88 Ohio St. 3d 547

Opinion

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 88 Ohio St.3d 547.]

MEECE ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLEE.

[Cite as Meece v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 2000-Ohio-416.]

Automobile liability insurance—Uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage—

Court of appeals’ judgment vacated and cause remanded to trial court. (No. 99-2118—Submitted April 11, 2000—Decided May 24, 2000.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, No. C-980739.

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Katzman, Logan, Halper & Bennett and Philip A. Logan, for appellants. Gallagher, Bradigan, Gams, Pryor & Littrell, L.L.P., and James R.

Gallagher, for appellee.

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{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is vacated, and the cause is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings and consideration, where applicable, of the Supreme Court’s decisions in Wolfe v. Wolfe (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 246, 725 N.E.2d 261, and Moore v. State Auto. Mut. Ins. Co. (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 27, 723 N.E.2d 97.

DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur. DOUGLAS, J., concurs separately. MOYER, C.J., COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., dissent.

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DOUGLAS, J., concurring.

{¶ 2} I concur for the reasons set forth in my concurrence in Stickney v.

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 504, 727 N.E.2d 1286.

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SUPREME COURT OF OHIO

LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., dissenting.

{¶ 3} I respectfully dissent because I do not agree that the analysis of R.C.

3937.18(A)(1) in Moore v. State Auto. Mut. Ins. Co. (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 27, 723 N.E.2d 97, has any application to an analysis of R.C. 3937.18(H) or to R.C. 3937.44. However, to the extent that the majority believes that these cases apply, I respectfully dissent for the reasons set forth in the dissenting opinions in Wolfe v. Wolfe (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 246, 252-255, 725 N.E.2d 261, 267-269, and Moore v. State Auto. Mut. Ins. Co., 88 Ohio St.3d at 33-36, 723 N.E.2d at 103-105.

MOYER, C.J., and COOK, J., concur in the foregoing dissenting opinion.

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