Ohio Supreme Court, 1998

Hillyer v. Great American Insurance

Hillyer v. Great American Insurance
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided July 22, 1998 · Cook, Douglas, Moyer, Pfeifer, Resnick, Stratton, Sweeney
82 Ohio St. 3d 1224; 696 N.E.2d 598

Hillyer v. Great American Insurance

Opinion of the Court

The parties are ordered to consider and brief the issue whether the underlying premise of Ross v. Farmers Ins. Group of Cos. (1998), 82 Ohio St.3d 281, 695 N.E.2d 732, that the statutory law in effect at the time of entering into a contract of automobile liability insurance controls the rights and duties of the contracting parties, is applicable to a claim for damages against the tortfeasor’s automobile liability insurance policy.

Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.

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