GREGORY v. W. RES. MUT. CAS. CO., 82 Ohio St.3d 385 (1998)

696 N.E.2d 567

GREGORY ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. WESTERN RESERVE MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY, APPELLEE.

No. 98-330Supreme Court of Ohio.Submitted June 24, 1998 —
Decided July 22, 1998.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Wayne County, No. 97CA0020.

Robert N. Gluck Co., L.P.A., and Robert N. Gluck, for appellants.

Logee, Hostetler, Stutzman Lehman and Jerry S. Packard, for appellee.

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The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Ross v. Farmers Ins. Group of Cos. (1998), 82 Ohio St.3d 281, 695 N.E.2d 732.

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

COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., dissent.

COOK, J., dissenting.

For the reasons stated in my dissenting opinion to Ross v. Farmers Ins. Group of Cos. (1998), 82 Ohio St.3d 281, 291, 695 N.E.2d 732, 738, I respectfully dissent.

LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., concurs in the foregoing dissenting opinion.