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Ohio Supreme Court, 2001

Carroll v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

Carroll v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided July 5, 2001 · Cook, Douglas, Moyer, Pfeifer, Resnick, Stratton, Sweeney
92 Ohio St. 3d 215; 749 N.E.2d 293

Carroll v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

Opinion of the Court

The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Littrell v. Wigglesworth (2001), 91 Ohio St.3d 425, 746 N.E.2d 1077, and Clark v. Scarpelli (2001), 91 Ohio St.3d 271, 744 N.E.2d 719.

The cause is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with our decisions in Littrell and Clark.

Scanlon & Gearinger Co., L.P.A., Robert A. Royer and Joy D. Malek, for appellant. Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley L.L.P., Timothy D. Johnson, Gregory E. O’Brien and Shawn W. Maestle, for appellee. Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur. Moyer, C.J., Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., dissent.

Dissenting Opinion

Cook, J.,

dissenting. I respectfully dissent based on the reasoning set forth in my dissenting opinion in Littrell v. Wigglesworth (2001), 91 Ohio St.3d 425, 746 N.E.2d 1077, and in my opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part in Clark v. Scarpelli (2001), 91 Ohio St.3d 271, 744 N.E.2d 719.

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

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