ROTH v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO., 83 Ohio St.3d 431 (1998)

700 N.E.2d 591

ROTH, ADMR., APPELLANT, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY ET AL., APPELLEES.

No. 98-1276Supreme Court of Ohio.Submitted September 15, 1998.
Decided October 28, 1998.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Darke County, No. 97-CA-1455.

Kemp, Schaeffer, Rowe Lardiere Co., L.P.A., Steven D. Rowe
and Nannette J.B. Dean, for appellant.

Young Alexander Co., L.P.A., and Steven O. Dean, for appellee.

The discretionary appeal is allowed.

The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed, and the cause is remanded to the trial court to apply 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, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.