Case Title: Niece v. Natl. Ins. Assn.

Citation: 1994-Ohio-131

Docket Number: 19940565

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1994-08-31T00:00:00Z

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Niece, Appellant, v. National Insurance Association, Appellee.                   
[Cite as Niece v. Natl. Ins. Assn. (1994),     Ohio St.3d    .]                  
Automobile liability insurance -- Provision in policy for                        
     uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage which precludes                    
     insured from commencing any action against insurance                        
     carrier for payment of uninsured/underinsured motorist                      
     benefit, unless the insured has commenced suit or demanded                  
     arbitration within one year from the date of the accident,                  
     is void as against public policy.                                           
     (No. 94-565 -- Submitted July 27, 1994 -- Decided August                    
31, 1994.)                                                                       
     Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No.                   
93APE08-1122.                                                                    
                                                                                 
     Lamkin, Van Eman, Trimble, Beals & Rourke and Timothy Van                   
Eman, for appellant.                                                             
     Ulmer & Berne and Edwin J. Hollern, for appellee.                           
                                                                                 
     The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed and the                    
cause is remanded to the trial court to apply Miller v.                          
Progressive Cas. Ins. Co. (1994), 69 Ohio St.3d 619,                             
N.E.2d    .                                                                      
     Moyer, C.J., A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney                   
and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.                                                        
     Wright, J., dissents.                                                       
     Wright, J., dissenting.  I respectfully dissent for the                     
reasons I expressed in my dissent in Miller v. Progressive Cas.                  
Ins. Co. (1994), 69 Ohio St.3d 619, 625-627, 635 N.E.2d 317,                     
322-323.