Case Title: Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v. Jones

Citation: 1994-Ohio-464

Docket Number: 19931666

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1994-10-05T00:00:00Z

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Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Appellee, v.  Jones et al.,                 
Appellants.                                                                      
[Cite as Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v. Jones (1994),     Ohio                      
St.3d    .]                                                                      
Automobile liability insurance -- Uninsured motorist coverage                    
     designed to protect persons, not vehicles -- Insurance                      
     policy exclusion of uninsured motorist coverage for vehicle                 
     owned by relative, not in accord with R.C. 3937.18.                         
     (No. 93-1666 -- Submitted August 31, 1994 -- Decided                        
October 5, 1994.)                                                                
     Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No.                   
62779.                                                                           
                                                                                 
     Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley, Timothy D. Johnson                  
and Gregory E. O'Brien, for appellee.                                            
     Donald E. Caravona & Associates and Mark J. Obral, for                      
appellants.                                                                      
     Scanlon & Henretta Co., L.P.A., J. Thomas Henretta and Ann                  
Marie O'Brien, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Academy                   
of Trial Lawyers.                                                                
                                                                                 
     The judgment of the court of appeal is reversed and the                     
cause is remanded to the trial court to apply Martin v.                          
Midwestern Group Ins. Co. (1994),     Ohio St.3d    ,                            
N.E.2d    , decided today.                                                       
     A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer,                   
JJ., concur.                                                                     
     Moyer, C.J., concurs separately.                                            
     Wright, J., dissents for the reasons stated in the                          
dissenting opinions in Martin v. Midwestern Group Ins. Co.                       
(1994),     Ohio St.3d    ,     N.E.2d    .                                      
     Moyer, C.J., concurring separately.  I concur separately in                 
the judgment entry in the above-styled case.  As my dissent in                   
Martin v. Midwestern Group Ins. Co. (1994),     Ohio St.3d                       
,     N.E.2d    , stated, I do not agree with the law announced                  
in the majority decision.  Nevertheless, it is the law on the                    
issue in the above-styled case.  As I believe all parties should                 
receive equal application of the law announced by this court,                    
and only for that reason, I concur in the judgment entry.