Case Title: Pitts v. Mobile Tank Car Serv., Inc.

Citation: 1995-Ohio-160

Docket Number: 19932476

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1995-04-19T00:00:00Z

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Pitts et al., Appellants, v. Mobile Tank Car Services, Inc. et                   
al.; Ohio Insurance Guaranty Association, Appellee.                              
[Cite as Pitts v. Mobile Tank Car Serv., Inc. (1995),     Ohio                   
St.3d    .]                                                                      
Insurance -- Ohio Insurance Guaranty Association -- Powers and                   
duties -- R.C. 3955.08(A), construed -- Association not                          
obligated to accept untimely claims.                                             
     (No. 93-2476 -- Submitted March 8, 1995 -- Decided April                    
19, 1995.)                                                                       
     Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, Nos.                  
62927, 62928 and 62929.                                                          
                                                                                 
     Nurenberg, Plevin, Heller & McCarthy Co., L.P.A., Thomas                    
Mester, James T. Schumacher, Joel Levin and Sandra J.                            
Rosenthal, for appellants.                                                       
     Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease and F. James Foley, for                       
appellee.                                                                        
                                                                                 
     The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the                     
authority of Lake Hosp. Sys., Inc. v. Ohio Ins. Guar. Assn.                      
(1994), 69 Ohio St.3d 521, 634 N.E.2d 611.                                       
     Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Wright, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and                     
Cook, JJ., concur.                                                               
     Pfeifer, J., dissents.                                                      
     Pfeifer, J., dissenting.  I dissent for the reasons stated                  
in my dissent in Lake Hosp. Sys., Inc. v. Ohio Ins. Guar. Assn.                  
(1994), 69 Ohio St.3d 571, 635 N.E.2d 11.