Ohio Supreme Court, 1998

Balatgek v. State Farm Insurance

Balatgek v. State Farm Insurance
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided July 22, 1998 · Cook, Douglas, Moyer, Pfeifer, Resnick, Stratton, Sweeney
82 Ohio St. 3d 384; 696 N.E.2d 566

Balatgek v. State Farm Insurance

Opinion of the Court

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.

Dissenting Opinion

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.

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