Case Title: Meece v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Citation: 2000-Ohio-416

Docket Number: 19992118

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2000-05-24T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Cite as Meece v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 88 Ohio St.3d 547, 2000-Ohio-416.] 
 
 
 
 
 
MEECE ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE 
COMPANY, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as Meece v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 547.] 
Automobile liability insurance — Uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage — Court of 
appeals’ judgment vacated and cause remanded to trial court. 
(No. 99-2118 — Submitted April 11, 2000 — Decided May 24, 2000.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, No. C-980739. 
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Katzman, Logan, Halper & Bennett and Philip A. Logan, for appellants. 
 
Gallagher, Bradigan, Gams, Pryor & Littrell, L.L.P., and James R. Gallagher, for 
appellee. 
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The judgment of the court of appeals is vacated, and the cause is remanded to the 
trial court for further proceedings and consideration, where applicable, of the Supreme 
Court’s decisions in Wolfe v. Wolfe (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 246, 725 N.E.2d 261, and 
Moore v. State Auto. Mut. Ins. Co. (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 27, 723 N.E.2d 97. 
 
DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur. 
 
DOUGLAS, J., concurs separately. 
 
MOYER, C.J., COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., dissent. 
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DOUGLAS, J., concurring.  I concur for the reasons set forth in my concurrence in 
Stickney v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 504, 727 N.E.2d 1286. 
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LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., dissenting.  I respectfully dissent because I do 
not agree that the analysis of R.C. 3937.18(A)(1) in Moore v. State Auto. Mut. Ins. 
Co. (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 27, 723 N.E.2d 97, has any application to an analysis of 
 
 
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R.C. 3937.18(H) or to R.C. 3937.44.  However, to the extent that the majority 
believes that these cases apply, I respectfully dissent for the reasons set forth in the 
dissenting opinions in Wolfe v. Wolfe (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 246, 252-255, 725 
N.E.2d 261, 267-269, and Moore v. State Auto. Mut. Ins. Co., 88 Ohio St.3d at 33-
36, 723 N.E.2d at 103-105. 
 
MOYER, C.J., and COOK, J., concur in the foregoing dissenting opinion.