Bowers v. Grange Ins. Co.
Bowers v. Grange Ins. Co.
Opinion
[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 76 Ohio St.3d 563.]
BOWERS ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. GRANGE INSURANCE COMPANY, A.K.A.
GRANGE MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY, A.K.A. GRANGE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLEE. [Cite as Bowers v. Grange Ins. Co., 1996-Ohio-362.]
Insurance—Automobile liability—Each person covered by an uninsured motorist policy who is asserting a claim for loss of consortium has a separate claim subject to a separate per person policy limit—Provision in insurance policy which reaches a contrary result is unenforceable. (No. 96-462—Submitted September 6, 1996—Decided September 25, 1996.)
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 95APE08-1110. __________________ Isaac, Brant, Ledman & Teetor and Marc J. Kessler, for appellants.
Bale, Begin & Associates, Ltd., Andrew J. Kielkopf and David G. Bale, for appellee. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Schaefer v. Allstate Ins. Co. (1996), 76 Ohio St.3d 553, ___ N.E.2d ___.
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur.
COOK, J., dissents.
STRATTON, J., not participating. __________________
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