COX v. GRANGE MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY, 88 Ohio St.3d 446 (2000)

727 N.E.2d 900

Cox, Appellant, v. Grange Mutual Casualty Company, Appellee.

Nos. 99-1349 and 99-1548.Supreme Court of Ohio.Submitted April 11, 2000.
Decided May 17, 2000.

Appeal from and Certified by the Court of Appeals for Monroe County, No. 804.

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James W. Peters, for appellant.

Thornburg Bean and Charles H. Bean, for appellee.

The judgment of the court of appeals is vacated, and the cause is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings and consideration, where applicable, of the Supreme Court’s decisions in Wolfe v. Wolfe (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 246, 725 N.E.2d 261, an Moore v. State Auto. Mut. Ins. Co. (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 27, 723 N.E.2d 97.

MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur.

COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., dissent.

RESNICK, J., not participating.

LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., dissenting.

I respectfully dissent for the reasons set forth in the dissenting opinions in Wolfe v. Wolfe (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 246, 252-255, 725 N.E.2d 261, 267-269, and Moore v. State Auto. Mut. Ins. Co.
(2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 27, 33-36, 723 N.E.2d 97, 103-105.

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