Title: Hillyer v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

HILLYER ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE 
COMPANY, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as Hillyer v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (1998), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.] 
Motor vehicles — Insurance — Scope of coverage of an underinsured motorist 
claim — Statutory law in effect at time of entering into contract for 
automobile liability insurance controls the rights and duties of the 
contracting parties. 
(No. 97-2143 — Submitted June 24, 1998 — Decided July 22, 1998.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 71724. 
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Friedman, Domiano & Smith Co., L.P.A., and Jeffrey H. Friedman, for 
appellants. 
 
Meyers, Hentemann & Rea Co., L.P.A., and Henry A. Hentemann, for 
appellee. 
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The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Ross v. 
Farmers Ins. Group of Cos. (1998), 82 Ohio St.3d 281, ___ N.E.2d ___. 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur. 
 
COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., dissent. 
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COOK, J., dissenting.  For the reasons stated in my dissenting opinion to 
Ross v. Farmers Ins. Group of Cos. (1998), 82 Ohio St.3d 281, 291, ___ N.E.2d 
___, ___, I respectfully dissent. 
 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., concurs in the foregoing dissenting opinion.