Ohio Supreme Court, 1994

J.C. Penney Casualty Insurance v. Adkins

J.C. Penney Casualty Insurance v. Adkins
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided March 23, 1994 · Douglas, Moyer, Pfeifer, Resnick, Sweeney, Wright
68 Ohio St. 3d 474; 628 N.E.2d 1351

J.C. Penney Casualty Insurance v. Adkins

Opinion of the Court

The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded to the trial court to apply Savoie v. Grange Mut. Ins. Co. (1993), 67 Ohio St.3d 500, 620 N.E.2d 809.

A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur. Moyer, C.J., concurs separately. Wright, J., dissents.

Concurring Opinion

Moyer, C. J.,

concurring separately. I concur separately in the judgment entry in the above-styled case. As my dissent in Savoie v. Grange Mut. Ins. Co. (1993), 67 Ohio St.3d 500, 620 N.E.2d 809, stated, I do not agree -with the law announced in the majority decision. Nevertheless, it is the law on the issue in the above-styled case. As I believe all parties should receive equal application of the law announced by this court, and only for that reason, I concur in the judgment entry.

Dissenting Opinion

Wright, J.,

dissenting. I must dissent in continuing protest to the majority’s sundry holdings in Savoie v. Grange Mut. Ins. Co. (1993), 67 Ohio St.3d 500, 620 N.E.2d 809. As stated in the dissent in Savoie, that holding lacks sound reasoning, reverses ten years of established case law and flouts the will of the General Assembly. Thus, I feel compelled to remain in this posture until the General Assembly has had the opportunity to undo the damage caused to the public by this unfortunate, result-oriented decision.

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