Case Title: Bigelow v. Am. Family Ins. Co.

Citation: 2016-Ohio-1135

Docket Number: 2014-1413

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2016-03-23T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
Bigelow v. Am. Family Ins. Co., Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-1135.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2016-OHIO-1135 
BIGELOW, APPELLEE, v. AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE COMPANY, 
APPELLANT. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as Bigelow v. Am. Family Ins. Co., Slip Opinion No.  
2016-Ohio-1135.] 
Consumer Sales Practices Act—Application of Act to insurance companies—
Judgment vacated and cause remanded for application of Dillon v. Farmers 
Ins. of Columbus, Inc. 
(No. 2014-1413—Submitted January 6, 2016—Decided March 23, 2016.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Coshocton County, 
No. 2013CA24, 2014-Ohio-2945. 
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{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is vacated, and the cause is 
remanded to the court of appeals for application of Dillon v. Farmers Ins. of 
Columbus, Inc., ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2015-Ohio-5407, ___ N.E.3d ___. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, KENNEDY, and 
FRENCH, JJ., concur. 
 
O’NEILL, J., dissents. 
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Pomerene, Burns & Skelton, and James R. Skelton, for appellee. 
Frost & Maddox Co., L.P.A., and Mark S. Maddox, for appellant. 
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