AUTO. CLUB INS. CO. v. MILLS, 90 Ohio St.3d 574 (2001)

740 N.E.2d 284

Automobile Club Insurance Company, Appellee, v. Mills et al.; Brannum, Admr., Appellant.

No. 00-1543.Supreme Court of Ohio.Submitted December 13, 2000.
Decided January 17, 2001.

Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Clermont County, Nos. CA99-07-064 and CA99-07-070.

The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority o Doe v. Shaffer (2000), 90 Ohio St.3d 388, 738 N.E.2d 1243.

Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer and Cook, JJ., concur.

Lundberg Stratton, J., concurs and dissents.

Lundberg Stratton, J., concurring and dissenting.

I concur with the decision to reverse on the authority of Doe v. Shaffer (2000), 90 Ohio St.3d 388, 738 N.E.2d 1243. However, for the reasons set forth in my dissenting opinion in Doe, supra, I respectfully dissent to the extent that the holding in Doe is being applied retroactively.

Rendigs, Fry, Kiely Dennis, L.L.P., Joseph W. Gelwicks and Ralph F. Mitchell, for appellee.

Heis Wenstrup Co., L.P.A., Daniel J. Wenstrup and Rebecca J. Allf, for appellant.

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