Burkhart v. CNA Ins. Co.

2003 Ohio 6604 | Ohio | 2003

[Cite as Burkhart v. CNA Ins. Co. , 100 Ohio St.3d 359, 2003-Ohio-6604.]

B URKHART ET AL ., A PPELLEES , v . CNA I NSURANCE C OMPANY , D . B . A . C ONTINENTAL I NSURANCE C OMPANY , A PPELLANT . [Cite as Burkhart v. CNA Ins. Co. , 100 Ohio St.3d 359, 2003-Ohio-6604.] Insurance — Automobile liability insurance — Uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage — Employer’s commercial automobile liability policy covers loss sustained by employee only if loss occurs within the course and scope of employment — Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of Westfield Ins. Co. v. Galatis.

(No. 2002-0579 Submitted April 15, 2003 Decided December 31, 2003.) A PPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Stark County, No. 2001CA00265, 2002-

Ohio-903. __________________ {¶1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Westfield Ins. Co. v. Galatis , 100 Ohio St.3d 216, 2003-Ohio-5849, 797 N.E.2d 1256.

M OYER , C.J., W INKLER , L UNDBERG S TRATTON and O’C ONNOR , JJ., concur. R ESNICK , F.E. S WEENEY and P FEIFER , JJ., dissent. R ALPH W INKLER , J., of the First Appellate District, sitting for C OOK , J.

__________________ John S. Coury and Allen Schulman Jr., for appellees. Tucker, Ellis & West, L.L.P., and Irene C. Keyse-Walker, for appellant. Elk & Elk Co., L.P.A., and Todd O. Rosenberg, urging affirmance for

amicus curiae Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers. Boyk & Crossmock, L.L.C., and Steven L. Crossmock, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Toledo Area Trial Lawyers Association. S UPREME C OURT OF O HIO Brickler & Eckler, L.L.P., Kurtis A. Tunnell, Anne Marie Sferra and Robert Katz, urging reversal for amicus curiae American Insurance Institute. __________________ 2