Case Title: Ramsey v. Auto-Owners Ins. Co.

Citation: 1996-Ohio-209

Docket Number: 19950135

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1996-05-15T00:00:00Z

Document:
RAMSEY, ADMR., APPELLANT, V. AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, 
APPELLEE. 
[Cite as Ramsey v. Auto-Owners Ins. Co. (1996), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.] 
Insurance -- Uninsured motorist provision -- R.C. 3937.18 and public policy 
preclude contract provision requiring physical contact for recovery. 
 
(No. 95-135 -- Submitted April 15, 1996 -- Decided May 15, 1996.) 
 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Lucas County, No. L-94-156. 
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Schlageter, Breier & Bryce Co., L.P.A., Robert W. Bryce and Teresa 
M. Dewey Bacho, for appellant. 
 
Stephen A. Schaefer, for appellee. 
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The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed and the cause is 
remanded to the trial court for further proceedings not inconsistent with 
Girgis v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (1996), 75 Ohio St.3d 302, ___ 
N.E.2d ___. 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK and PFEIFER, JJ., concur. 
 
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F.E. SWEENEY, J., dissents for the reasons stated in his opinion 
concurring in part and dissenting in part in Girgis v. State Farm Mut. auto. 
Ins. Co. (1996), 75 Ohio St.3d 302, 309-312, ___ N.E.2d ___, ___. 
 
COOK, J., dissents. 
 
STRATTON, J., not participating.