Title: Borsick v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

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Borsick et al., Appellees, v. State Farm Fire & Casualty                         
Company, Appellant.                                                              
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Appellee, v.                     
Borsick et al., Appellants.                                                      
[Cite as Borsick v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.     Ohio St.                      
3d    .]                                                                         
     (No. 93-1066 -- Submitted January 25, 1994 -- Decided                       
March 23, 1994.)                                                                 
     Appeals from the Court of Appeals for Erie County, No.                      
E-92-26.                                                                         
     On Motion to Modify.                                                        
                                                                                 
     Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., Dennis E. Murray, Sr. and                      
Kirk J. Delli Bovi, for Borsick et al.                                           
     Meyers, Hentemann, Schneider & Rea Co., L.P.A., and Henry                   
A. Hentemann, for State Farm Fire & Casualty Company and State                   
Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.                                        
                                                                                 
     In an entry dated December 29, 1993, this court held as                     
follows:  "Pursuant to Savoie v. Grange Mut. Ins. Co. (1993),                    
67 Ohio St.3d 500, 620 N.E.2d 809, the judgment of the Court of                  
Appeals for Erie County is reversed."  68 Ohio St.3d 81, 623                     
N.E.2d 1175.                                                                     
     The previous entry in this case captioned this cause as                     
"Borsick et al., Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. State Farm                   
Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Appellee and                                
Cross-Appellant."  We now modify the caption of this cause to                    
reflect that there are two cases involved in this appeal as now                  
shown in the caption.                                                            
     In addition, we modify the December 29, 1993 entry to read                  
as follows:                                                                      
     "As to the case captioned Borsick v. State Farm Fire &                      
Cas. Co., the appeal is dismissed as having been improvidently                   
allowed.                                                                         
     "As to the case captioned State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.                    
v. Borsick, pursuant to Savoie v. Grange Mut. Ins. Co. (1993),                   
67 Ohio St.3d 500, 620 N.E.2d 809, the judgment of the Court of                  
Appeals for Erie County is reversed."                                            
     A.W. Sweeney, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ.,                       
concur.                                                                          
     Moyer, C.J., Douglas and Wright, JJ., concur in part and                    
dissent in part.                                                                 
     Douglas, J., concurring in part and dissenting in                           
part.     I agree with the majority that State Farm Mut. Auto.                   
Ins. Co. v. Borsick should be reversed on the authority of                       
Savoie v. Grange Mut. Ins. Co. (1993), 67 Ohio St.3d 500, 620                    
N.E.2d 809.  I dissent from the majority's decision to dismiss                   
Borsick v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. as having been                             
improvidently allowed.  I would reinstate the appeal in that                     
case.                                                                            
     Moyer, C.J., and Wright, J., concur in the foregoing                        
opinion.