Title: McCoy v. W. Res. Mut. Lightning Rod Mut. Ins. Co.

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

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McCoy, Appellee, v. Western Reserve Mutual Lightning Rod Mutual                  
Insurance Company, Appellant.                                                    
[Cite as McCoy v. W. Res. Mut. Lightning Rod Mut. Ins. Co.                       
(1994),     Ohio St.3d    .]                                                     
Automobile liability insurance -- Uninsured motorist coverage                    
     designed to protect persons, not vehicles -- Policy                         
     provision which eliminates uninsured motorist coverage for                  
     persons insured thereunder who are injured while occupying                  
     a motor vehicle owned by an insured, but not specifically                   
     listed in the policy, violates R.C. 3937.18 and is invalid.                 
     (No. 93-1882 -- Submitted August 31, 1994 -- Decided                        
October 5, 1994.)                                                                
     Certified by the Court of Appeals for Montgomery County,                    
No. 13808.                                                                       
                                                                                 
     Dyer, Garofalo, Mann & Schultz, Ronald E. Schultz and                       
Kimberly K. Harshbarger, for appellee.                                           
     Pickrel, Schaeffer & Ebeling, Andrew C. Storar and L.                       
Michael Bly, for appellant.                                                      
     Scanlon & Henretta Co., L.P.A., J. Thomas Henretta and Ann                  
Marie O'Brien, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Academy                 
of Trial Lawyers.                                                                
     Mark J. Huller and Lisa A. Love, urging reversal for amicus                 
curiae, Cincinnati Insurance Company.                                            
     Olds, Lynett & Bradshaw Co., L.P.A., and John J. Lynett,                    
urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Insurance Institute.                     
                                                                                 
     The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the                     
authority of Martin v. Midwestern Group Ins. Co. (1994),                         
Ohio St.3d    ,     N.E.2d    , decided today.                                   
     A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer,                   
JJ., concur.                                                                     
     Moyer, C.J., concurs separately.                                            
     Wright, J., dissents for the reasons stated in the                          
dissenting opinions in Martin v. Midwestern Group Ins. Co.                       
(1994),     Ohio St.3d    ,     N.E.2d    .                                      
     Moyer, C.J., concurring separately.  I concur separately in                 
the judgment entry in the above-styled case.  As my dissent in                   
Martin v. Midwestern Group Ins. Co. (1994),     Ohio St.3d                       
,     N.E.2d    , stated, I do not agree with the law announced                  
in the majority decision.  Nevertheless, it is the law on the                    
issue in the above-styled case.  As I believe all parties should                 
receive equal application of the law announced by this court,                    
and only for that reason, I concur in the judgment entry.