Pitts v. Mobile Tank Car Serv., Inc.

1995 Ohio 160, 72 Ohio St. 3d 49

• Court: Ohio Supreme Court
• Decided: April 19, 1995
• Docket: 1993-2476
• Status: Published

Opinion

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 72 Ohio St.3d 49.]

PITTS ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. MOBILE TANK CAR SERVICES, INC. ET AL.; OHIO INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, APPELLEE. [Cite as Pitts v. Mobile Tank Car Serv., Inc., 1995-Ohio-160.] Insurance—Ohio Insurance Guaranty Association—Powers and duties—R.C. 3955.08(A), construed—Association not obligated to accept untimely claims. (No. 93-2476—Submitted March 8, 1995—Decided April 19, 1995.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, Nos. 62927, 62928 and 62929. __________________ Nurenberg, Plevin, Heller & McCarthy Co., L.P.A., Thomas Mester, James T. Schumacher, Joel Levin and Sandra J. Rosenthal, for appellants. Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease and F. James Foley, for appellee. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of Lake Hosp. Sys., Inc. v. Ohio Ins. Guar. Assn. (1994), 69 Ohio St.3d 521, 634 N.E.2d 611. MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, WRIGHT, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and COOK, JJ., concur. PFEIFER, J., dissents. __________________ PFEIFER, J., dissenting. {¶ 2} I dissent for the reasons stated in my dissent in Lake Hosp. Sys., Inc. v. Ohio Ins. Guar. Assn. (1994), 69 Ohio St.3d 571, 635 N.E.2d 11. __________________