Case Title: Gregory v. W. Res. Mut. Cas. Co.

Citation: 1998-Ohio-228

Docket Number: 19980330

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1998-07-22T00:00:00Z

Document:
GREGORY ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. WESTERN RESERVE MUTUAL CASUALTY 
COMPANY, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as Gregory v. W. Res. Mut. Cas. Co. (1998), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.] 
Motor vehicles — Insurance — Scope of coverage of an underinsured motorist 
claim — Statutory law in effect at time of entering into contract for 
automobile liability insurance controls the rights and duties of the 
contracting parties. 
(No. 98-330 — Submitted June 24, 1998 — Decided July 22, 1998.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Wayne County, No. 97CA0020. 
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Robert N. Gluck & Co., L.P.A., and Robert N. Gluck, for appellants. 
 
Logee, Hostetler, Stutzman & Lehman and Jerry S. Packard, for appellee. 
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The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Ross v. 
Farmers Ins. Group of Cos. (1998), 82 Ohio St.3d 281, ___ N.E.2d ___. 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur. 
 
COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., dissent. 
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COOK, J., dissenting.  For the reasons stated in my dissenting opinion to 
Ross v. Farmers Ins. Group of Cos. (1998), 82 Ohio St.3d 281, 291, ___ N.E.2d 
___, ___, I respectfully dissent. 
 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., concurs in the foregoing dissenting opinion.