2003-Ohio-5889, 798 N.E.2d 591
Nos. 2002-1126, 2002-1433.
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Supreme Court of Ohio.Submitted May 13, 2003.
Decided November 5, 2003.
Appeal and Cross-Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Wayne County, Nos. 01CA0046 and 01CA0047, 2002-Ohio-3404.
{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed as to National Union Insurance Company and Federal Insurance Company on the authority of Westfield Ins. Co. v. Galatis, 100 Ohio St.3d 216, 2003-Ohio-5849, 797 N.E.2d 1256.
{¶ 2} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed and the judgment of the trial court in favor of Consolidated Insurance Company and Indiana Insurance Company is reinstated on the authority of Westfield Ins. Co. supra.
{¶ 3} Appellants’ Proposition of Law No. 3 is dismissed as improvidently allowed.
Moyer, C.J., Sundermann, Lundberg Stratton and O’Connor, JJ., concur.
Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., dissent.
J. Howard Sundermann Jr., J., of the First Appellate District, sitting for Cook, J.
Grisi Riegler and Charles E. Grisi, for appellants and cross-appellees.
Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley Howley, L.L.P., Daniel A. Richards, John G. Farnan and Edward T. Sylvester, for appellees and cross-appellants Indiana Insurance Co. and Consolidated Insurance Co.
Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton Norman, D. John Travis and Timothy J. Fitzgerald, for appellee and cross-appellant Federal Insurance Co.
Janik Dorman L.L.P., Steven G. Janik and Matthew J. Grimm, for appellee National Union Fire Insurance Co.
T.J. Snyder; Allen Schulman Associates Co., L.P.A., Allen Schulman and Christopher Van Blargan, for amicus curiae, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.
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