Case Title: Wilburn v. Allstate Ins. Co.

Citation: 1996-Ohio-210

Docket Number: 19950824

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

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

Document:
WILBURN ET AL., APPELLEES, V. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLANT. 
[Cite as Wilburn v. Allstate 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. 
 
(Nos. 95-824 and 95-825 -- Submitted April 15, 1996 -- Decided May 
15, 1996.) 
 
CERTIFIED by and APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Butler County, 
No. CA94-06-135. 
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Bressler, Shanks & Gelding Co., L.P.A., and Harvey Joel Bressler, 
for appellees. 
 
Heath & Associates and James V. Heath, for appellant. 
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The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of 
Girgis v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (1996), 75 Ohio St.3d 302, ___ 
N.E.2d ___, and the cause is remanded to the trial court for further 
proceedings not inconsistent with Girgis. 
 
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.