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Shirley et al., Appellees, v. Republic-Franklin Insurance Company et al.; Westfield Insurance Company, Appellant.
    [Cite as Shirley v. Republic-Franklin Ins. Co., 104 Ohio St.3d 638, 2005-Ohio-182.]
    (Nos. 2004-1219 and 2004-1220
    Submitted January 11, 2005
    Decided February 2, 2005.)
    John S. Coury, for appellees.
   {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Hopkins v. Dyer, 104 Ohio St.3d 461, 2004-Ohio-6769, 820 N.E.2d 329, and the cause is remanded to the trial court for application of Westfield Ins. Co. v. Galatis, 100 Ohio St.3d 216, 2003-Ohio-5849, 797 N.E.2d 1256.

Moyer, C.J., Lundberg Stratton, O’Connor and O’Donnell, JJ., concur.

Resnick and Pfeifer, JJ., dissent.

Lanzinger, J., not participating.

Pelini & Fischer, Ltd., Craig G. Pelini and Mark F. Fischer, for appellant.