2002-0579 | Ohio | Dec 31, 2003
[Cite as Burkhart v. CNA Ins. Co. , 100 Ohio St. 3d 359" date_filed="2003-12-31" court="Ohio" case_name="Burkhart v. CNA Insurance">100 Ohio St.3d 359, 2003-Ohio-6604" date_filed="2003-12-31" court="Ohio" case_name="Burkhart v. CNA Ins. Co.">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" date_filed="2003-12-31" court="Ohio" case_name="Burkhart v. CNA Insurance">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