Ohio Supreme Court, 2000

Meece v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Meece v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided May 24, 2000 · Cook, Douglas, Moyer, Pfeifer, Resnick, Stratton, Sweeney
88 Ohio St. 3d 547; 728 N.E.2d 370

Meece v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Opinion of the Court

The judgment of the court of appeals is vacated, and the cause is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings and consideration, where applicable, of the Supreme Court’s decisions in Wolfe v. Wolfe (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 246, 725 N.E.2d 261, and Moore v. State Auto. Mut. Ins. Co. (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 27, 723 N.E.2d 97.

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

Concurring Opinion

Douglas, J.,

concurring. I concur for the reasons set forth in my concurrence in Stickney v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 504, 727 N.E.2d 1286.

Dissenting Opinion

Lundberg Stratton, J.,

dissenting. I respectfully dissent because I do not agree that the analysis of R.C. 3937.18(A)(1) in Moore v. State Auto. Mut. Ins. Co. (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 27, 723 N.E.2d 97, has any application to an analysis of R.C. 3937.18(H) or to R.C. 3937.44. However, to the extent that the majority believes that these cases apply, I respectfully dissent for the reasons set forth in the dissenting opinions in Wolfe v. Wolfe (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 246, 252-255, 725 N.E.2d 261, 267-269, and Moore v. State Auto. Mut. Ins. Co., 88 Ohio St.3d at 33-36, 723 N.E.2d at 103-105.

Moyer, C.J., and Cook, J., concur in the foregoing dissenting opinion.

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