Case Title: Kleinsmith v. Allstate Ins. Co.

Citation: 2001-Ohio-179

Docket Number: 

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2001-07-05T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Cite as Kleinsmith v. Allstate Ins. Co., 92 Ohio St.3d 218, 2001-Ohio-179.] 
 
 
 
KLEINSMITH ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, 
APPELLEE. 
[Cite as Kleinsmith v. Allstate Ins. Co. (2001), 92 Ohio St.3d 218.] 
Insurance — Motor vehicles — Mandatory offering of uninsured and 
underinsured motorist coverage — Amount available for payment for 
purpose of setoff — Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed on authority of 
Littrell v. Wigglesworth and Clark v. Scarpelli. 
(No. 01-223 — Submitted May 16, 2001 — Decided July 5, 2001.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Richland County, No. 00CA142. 
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The discretionary appeal is allowed on Proposition of Law No. II and the 
judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of Littrell v. 
Wigglesworth (2001), 91 Ohio St.3d 425, 746 N.E.2d 1077, and Clark v. Scarpelli 
(2001), 91 Ohio St.3d 271, 744 N.E.2d 719. 
 
DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur. 
 
MOYER, C.J., COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur in judgment. 
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COOK, J., concurring in judgment.  I concur in judgment based on the 
reasoning set forth in my dissenting opinion in Littrell v. Wigglesworth (2001), 91 
Ohio St.3d 425, 746 N.E.2d 1077, and in my opinion concurring in part and 
dissenting in part in Clark v. Scarpelli (2001), 91 Ohio St.3d 271, 744 N.E.2d 
719. 
 
MOYER, C.J., and LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., concur in the foregoing 
opinion. 
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Elk & Elk Co., L.P.A., and Todd O. Rosenberg, for appellants. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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Baran, Piper, Tarkowsky, Fitzgerald & Thies Co., L.P.A., Gregory G. 
Baran and Kelly L. Badnell, for appellee. 
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