RAMSEY v. AUTO-OWNERS INS. CO., 75 Ohio St.3d 454 (1996)

663 N.E.2d 924

RAMSEY, ADMR., APPELLANT, v. AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLEE.

No. 95-135Supreme Court of Ohio.Submitted April 15, 1996 —
Decided May 15, 1996.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Lucas County, No. L-94-156.

Schlageter, Breier Bryce Co., L.P.A., Robert W. Bryce an Teresa M. Dewey Bacho, for appellant.

Stephen A. Schaefer, for appellee.

The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed and the cause is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings not inconsistent with Girgis v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.
(1996), 75 Ohio St.3d 302, 662 N.E.2d 280.

MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK and PFEIFER, JJ., concur.

FRANCIS E. SWEENEY, SR., J.,

dissents for the reasons stated in his opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part in Girgis v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (1996), 75 Ohio St.3d 302, 309-312, 662 N.E.2d 280, 285-287.

COOK, J., dissents.

STRATTON, J., not participating.