Cincinnati Ins. Co. v. Colelli & Assoc., Inc.

May 22, 2002
2001-1309
Versions:2002 Ohio 2214
95 Ohio St. 3d 325

Submitted April 10, 2002

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Wayne County, No. 00CA0053.

{¶1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Willoughby Hills v. Cincinnati Ins. Co. (1984), 9 Ohio St.3d 177, 9 OBR 463, 459 N.E.2d 555. The holding in Preferred Risk Ins. Co. v. Gill (1987), 30 Ohio St.3d 108, 30 OBR 424, 507 N.E.2d 1118, is limited to its facts.

MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, HARSHA and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.

WILLIAM H. HARSHA III, J., of the Fourth Appellate District, sitting for COOK, J.

Baker, Dublikar, Beck, Wiley & Mathews, James F. Mathews and Jack R. Baker, for appellee.

Jaime P. Serrat and Shawn P. Martin, for appellant.

Robert P. Rutter, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.