Case Title: Myers v. Safeco Ins. Co. of Am.

Citation: 2001-Ohio-64

Docket Number: 20000597 and 20000641

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2001-04-11T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Cite as Myers v. Safeco Ins. Co. of Am., 91 Ohio St.3d 333, 2001-Ohio-64.] 
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MYERS ET AL., APPELLEES, v. SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, 
APPELLANT. 
[Cite as Myers v. Safeco Ins. Co. of Am. (2001), 91 Ohio St.3d 333.] 
Insurance — Homeowner’s insurance policy that provides limited liability coverage 
for vehicles not subject to motor vehicle registration is not a motor vehicle 
liability policy and is not subject to the requirement of former R.C. 3937.18 to 
offer uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage — Court of appeals’ 
judgment reversed on authority of Davidson v. Motorists Mut. Ins. Co. — 
Certification of conflict dismissed as improvidently certified. 
(Nos. 00-597 and 00-641 — Submitted March 28, 2001 — Decided April 11, 2001.) 
APPEAL from and CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Licking County, No. 
99CA00083. 
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The judgment of the court of appeals in case No. 00-597 is reversed on the 
authority of Davidson v. Motorists Mut. Ins. Co. (2001), 91 Ohio St.3d 262, ___ 
N.E.2d ___. 
 
The certification of conflict in case No. 00-641 is dismissed, sua sponte, as 
having been improvidently certified. 
 
MOYER, C.J., RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, JJ., concur. 
 
DOUGLAS, J., dissents. 
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Clark, Perdue, Roberts & Scott Co., L.P.A., and Paul O. Scott, for appellees. 
 
John C. Nemeth & Associates and John C. Nemeth, for appellant. 
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