State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Reinhart

Apr 5, 1995

1994-2173

Versions:1995 Ohio 170

71 Ohio St. 3d 654

Insurance—Insurer fails to exercise good faith in the processing of a claim of its insured, when.

Hamilton, Kramer, Myers & Cheek and James R. Gallagher, for appellant and cross-appellee.

Luigia Tenuta, for appellees and cross-appellants.

{¶ 1} The discretionary appeal is not allowed, but the discretionary cross-appeal is allowed. The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed, and the cause is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings on the authority of Zoppo v. Homestead Ins. Co., (1994), 71 Ohio St.3d 552, 644 N.E.2d 397.

MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER and COOK, JJ., concur.

Wright, J., dissents for the reasons stated in his dissenting opinion in Zoppo v. Homestead Ins. Co. (1994), 71 Ohio St.3d 552, 559-262, 644 N.E.2d 397, 402-404.