Case Title: Lorince v. Universal Underwriters Ins. Co.

Citation: 2006-Ohio-1193

Docket Number: 

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2006-03-29T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Cite as Lorince v. Universal Underwriters Ins. Co., 108 Ohio St.3d 1217, 2006-Ohio-1193.] 
 
 
LORINCE ET AL., APPELLANTS AND CROSS-APPELLEES, v. UNIVERSAL 
UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLEE AND CROSS-APPELLANT. 
[Cite as Lorince v. Universal Underwriters Ins. Co., 
108 Ohio St.3d 1217, 2006-Ohio-1193.] 
Appeal dismissed as improvidently accepted. 
(No. 2005-0103 — Submitted January 24, 2006 — Decided March 29, 2006.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, 
No. 83711, 2004-Ohio-6287. 
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{¶ 1} The cause is dismissed, sua sponte, as having been improvidently 
accepted. 
{¶ 2} The court orders that the opinion of the court of appeals may not 
be cited as authority except by the parties inter se. 
 
MOYER, C.J., RESNICK, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’CONNOR, O’DONNELL 
and LANZINGER, JJ., concur. 
 
PFEIFER, J., dissents. 
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PFEIFER, J., dissenting. 
{¶ 3} Upon reading the briefs and hearing oral argument, it is obvious to 
me that both lower courts blatantly misapplied the appropriate legal standard.  I 
understand the majority’s reluctance to address this case because, arguably, it 
does not involve a novel legal issue.  The case does involve a young man who lost 
a leg through no fault of his own and who is unable to get proper compensation 
because two courts misapplied the law.  Would it have been so hard for us to right 
an injustice?  Apparently so. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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{¶ 4} I would have reached the merits of the case and reversed the 
judgment of the court of appeals.  I dissent. 
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Lindner, Weaver & Crane, L.L.P., and Daniel F. Lindner, for appellants 
and cross-appellees. 
 
Williams, Sennett & Scully Co., L.P.A., and William F. Scully Jr., for 
appellee and cross-appellant. 
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