BOHLEN v. MID-AMERICAN FIRE CAS. CO., 40 Ohio St.3d 80 (1988)

531 N.E.2d 719

BOHLEN ET AL., APPELLANTS AND CROSS-APPELLEES, v. MID-AMERICAN FIRE CASUALTY COMPANY, APPELLEE AND CROSS-APPELLANT.

No. 88-1620Supreme Court of Ohio.Submitted October 25, 1988 —
Decided December 14, 1988.

Insurance — Underinsured motorist coverage — Wrongful death — Each person entitled to recover under R.C. 2125.02 has separate claim.

APPEAL and CROSS-APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Wayne County, No. 2337.

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Scanlon Gearinger Co., L.P.A., Timothy F. Scanlon, Kropf, Wagner Hohenberger and Richard S. Wagner, for appellants and cross-appellees.

Roetzel Andress, George A. Clark and Timothy S. Guster, for appellee and cross-appellant.

The motion to certify the record is allowed and the judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on authority of Wood v. Shepard
(1988), 38 Ohio St.3d 86, 526 N.E.2d 1089. The cause is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings not inconsistent with Wood. The cross-motion to certify the record is overruled.

MOYER, C.J., SWEENEY, LOCHER, HOLMES, DOUGLAS, WRIGHT and H. BROWN, JJ., concur.