Case Title: Auto. Club Ins. Co. v. Mills

Citation: 2001-Ohio-21

Docket Number: 20001543

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Cite as Auto. Club Ins. Co. v. Mills, 90 Ohio St.3d 574, 2001-Ohio-21.] 
AUTOMOBILE CLUB INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLEE, v. MILLS ET AL.; 
BRANNUM, ADMR., APPELLANT. 
[Cite as Auto. Club Ins. Co. v. Mills (2001), 90 Ohio St.3d 574.] 
Insurance — Liability insurance coverage — Court of appeals’ judgment reversed 
on authority of Doe v. Shaffer. 
(No. 00-1543 — Submitted December 13, 2000 — Decided January 17, 2001.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Clermont County, Nos. CA99-07-064 and 
CA99-07-070. 
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The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Doe v. 
Shaffer (2000), 90 Ohio St.3d 388, 738 N.E.2d 1243. 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER and COOK, JJ., 
concur. 
 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., concurs and dissents. 
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LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., concurring and dissenting.  I concur with the 
decision to reverse on the authority of Doe v. Shaffer (2000), 90 Ohio St.3d 388, 
738 N.E.2d 1243.  However, for the reasons set forth in my dissenting opinion in 
Doe, supra, I respectfully dissent to the extent that the holding in Doe is being 
applied retroactively. 
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Rendigs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis, L.L.P., Joseph W. Gelwicks and Ralph F. 
Mitchell, for appellee. 
 
Heis & Wenstrup Co., L.P.A., Daniel J. Wenstrup and Rebecca J. Allf, for 
appellant. 
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