BENTLEY v. PENDLETON, 105 Ohio St.3d 326 (2005)

2005-Ohio-1824, 825 N.E.2d 1111

BENTLEY ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. PENDLETON ET AL.; AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLEE.

No. 2004-1135.Supreme Court of Ohio.Submitted March 30, 2005.
Decided May 4, 2005.

Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Pike County, No. 03CA722, 2004-Ohio-3848.

{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Gilchrist v. Gonsor, 104 Ohio St.3d 599, 2004-Ohio-7103, 821 N.E.2d 154, and the cause is remanded to the court of appeals for consideration of the remaining assignments of error and for further proceedings not inconsistent wit Gilchrist v. Gonsor.

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MOYER, C.J., RESNICK, PFEIFER, O’CONNOR and O’DONNELL, JJ., concur.

LUNDBERG STRATTON and LANZINGER, JJ., dissent.

LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., dissenting.

{¶ 2} For reasons set forth in my dissenting opinion i Gilchrist v. Gonsor, 104 Ohio St.3d 599, 2004-Ohio-7103, 821 N.E.2d 154, ¶ 14-23, I respectfully dissent.

LANZINGER, J., concurs in the foregoing dissenting opinion.

Robert W. Kerpsack Co., L.P.A, and Robert W. Kerpsack, for appellants.

Wiles, Boyle, Burkholder Bringardner Co., L.P.A., Michael L. Close, and Dale D. Cook, Columbus; Janik Dorman, L.L.P., Stacy Lilly, and Matthew Grimm, Cleveland, for appellee.