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Griffith, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Buckeye Union Insurance Company et al., Appellees and Cross-Appellants.
    [Cite as Griffith v. Buckeye Union Ins. Co., 101 Ohio St.3d 98, 2004-Ohio-202.]
    (No. 2003-1536
    Submitted December 1, 2003
    Decided February 4, 2004.)
   {¶ 1} The discretionary appeal is denied.

{¶ 2} The cross-appeal is accepted.

{¶ 3} That portion of the judgment of the court of appeals that is the subject of the cross-appeal is reversed on the authority of Westfield Ins. Co. v. Galatis, 100 Ohio St.3d 216, 2003-Ohio-5849, 797 N.E.2d 1256.

John S. Coury, for appellant and cross-appellee.

Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Timothy J. Fitzgerald, John T. Murphy and Richard C.O. Rezie, for appellees and cross-appellants Buckeye Union Insurance Company and CNA Insurance Company.

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

Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., dissent.