Case Title: State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Reinhart

Citation: 1995-Ohio-170

Docket Number: 19942173

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1995-04-05T00:00:00Z

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State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Appellant and                    
Cross-Appellee, v. Reinhart, Admr., et al., Appellees and                        
Cross-Apellants.                                                                 
[Cite as State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Reinhart (1995),                      
Ohio St.3d    .]                                                                 
Insurance -- Insurer fails to exercise good faith in the                         
processing of a claim of its insured, when.                                      
     (No. 94-2173 -- Submitted February 21, 1995 -- Decided                      
April 5, 1995.)                                                                  
     Appeal and Cross-Appeal from the Court of Appeals for                       
Seneca County, Nos. 13-93-37 and 13-93-38.                                       
                                                                                 
     Hamilton, Kramer, Myers & Cheek and James R. Gallagher,                     
for appellant and cross-appellee.                                                
     Luigia Tenuta, for appellees and cross-appellants.                          
                                                                                 
     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.