Title: Hans v. Hartford Ins. Co.

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Cite as Hans v. Hartford Ins. Co., 105 Ohio St.3d 318, 2005-Ohio-1823.] 
 
 
HANS, APPELLANT, v. HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as Hans v. Hartford Ins. Co.,  
105 Ohio St.3d 318, 2005-Ohio-1823.] 
Motor vehicles — Uninsured/underinsured-motorist coverage — Court of 
appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of Gilchrist v. Gonsor, and 
cause remanded. 
(No. 2003-1271 — Submitted March 30, 2005 — Decided May 4, 2005.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County,  
No. C-020500, 2003-Ohio-3045. 
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{¶1} 
The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of 
Gilchrist v. Gonsor, 104 Ohio St.3d 599, 2004-Ohio-7103, 821 N.E.2d 154, and 
the cause is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings not inconsistent 
with Gilchrist v. Gonsor, Westfield Ins. Co. v. Galatis, 100 Ohio St.3d 216, 2003-
Ohio-5849, 797 N.E.2d 1256, or Hopkins v. Dyer, 104 Ohio St.3d 461, 2004-
Ohio-6769, 820 N.E.2d 329. 
 
MOYER, C.J., RESNICK, PFEIFER, O’CONNOR and O’DONNELL, JJ., concur. 
 
LUNDBERG STRATTON and LANZINGER, JJ., dissent. 
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LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., dissenting. 
{¶2} 
For reasons set forth in my dissenting opinion in Gilchrist v. Gonsor, 104 
Ohio St.3d 599, 2004-Ohio-7103, 821 N.E.2d 154, ¶ 14-23, I respectfully dissent from 
the majority’s decision to reverse this matter. 
{¶3} 
However, given that the majority is reversing the judgment of the court of 
appeals, it is appropriate to remand the cause to the trial court for additional proceedings 
not inconsistent with Westfield Ins. v. Galatis, 100 Ohio St.3d 216, 2003-Ohio-5849, 797 
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N.E.2d 1256, and Hopkins v. Dyer, 104 Ohio St.3d 461, 2004-Ohio-6769, 820 N.E.2d 
329. 
 
LANZINGER, J., concurs in the foregoing dissenting opinion. 
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Butkovich, Schimpf, Schimpf & Ginocchio Co., L.P.A., Laura I. Murphy, 
and Julie Schimpf Kehres, for appellant. 
 
Thompson Hine, L.L.P., Jane E. Garfinkel, and John T. Sunderland, for 
appellee. 
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