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

Citation: 2001-Ohio-176

Docket Number: 20010083

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2001-07-05T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Cite as Carroll v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 92 Ohio St.3d 215, 2001-Ohio-176.] 
 
 
CARROLL, APPELLANT, v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, 
APPELLEE. 
[Cite as Carroll v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. (2001), 92 Ohio St.3d 215.] 
Insurance — Motor vehicles — Mandatory offering of uninsured and 
underinsured motorist coverage — Amount available for payment for 
purpose of setoff — Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on authority of 
Littrell v. Wigglesworth and Clark v. Scarpelli and cause remanded to 
trial court for further proceedings. 
(No. 01-83 — Submitted May 16, 2001 — Decided July 5, 2001.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Holmes County, No. 99CA016. 
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The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of 
Littrell v. Wigglesworth (2001), 91 Ohio St.3d 425, 746 N.E.2d 1077, and Clark 
v. Scarpelli (2001), 91 Ohio St.3d 271, 744 N.E.2d 719. 
 
The cause is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings consistent 
with our decisions in Littrell and Clark. 
 
DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur. 
 
MOYER, C.J., COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., dissent. 
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COOK, J., dissenting.  I respectfully dissent based on the reasoning set 
forth in my dissenting opinion in Littrell v. Wigglesworth (2001), 91 Ohio St.3d 
425, 746 N.Ed.2d 1077, and in my opinion concurring in part and dissenting in 
part in Clark v. Scarpelli (2001), 91 Ohio St.3d 271, 744 N.E.2d 719. 
 
MOYER, C.J., and LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., concur in the foregoing 
dissenting opinion. 
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SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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Scanlon & Gearinger Co., L.P.A., Robert A. Royer and Joy D. Malek, for 
appellant. 
 
Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley L.L.P., Timothy D. Johnson, 
Gregory E. O’Brien and Shawn W. Maestle, for appellee. 
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