Title: Waite v. Progressive Ins. Co.

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

WAITE ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as Waite v. Progressive Ins. Co. (1999), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.] 
Appeal dismissed as improvidently allowed. 
(No. 98-1462 — Submitted May 4, 1999 — Decided June 9, 1999.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Huron County, No. H-97-036. 
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Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., Michael T. Murray, Steven C. Bechtel, 
Dennis E. Murray, Sr. and W. Patrick Murray, for appellants. 
 
Meyers, Hentemann & Rea Co., L.P.A., Henry A. Hentemann and J. Michael 
Creagan, for appellee. 
 
Elk & Elk Co., L.P.A., and Todd O. Rosenberg, urging that R.C. 3937.18(H) 
be found unconstitutional, for amicus curiae, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers. 
 
Mark W. Ruf and Jean M. McQuillan, urging that R.C. 3937.18 be found 
unconstitutional, for amicus curiae, Cleveland Academy of Trial Lawyers. 
 
Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, Judith L. French and Kimberly L. 
Charles, Assistant Attorneys General, urging that R.C. 3937.18(H) be found 
constitutional, for amicus curiae, Ohio Attorney General. 
 
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, L.L.P., and John J. Kulewicz, urging that 
R.C. 3937.18(H) be found constitutional, for amicus curiae, Ohio Insurance 
Institute. 
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The appeal is dismissed, sua sponte, as having been improvidently allowed. 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, PFEIFER and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., 
concur. 
 
F.E. SWEENEY, J., dissents and would reverse the judgment of the court of 
appeals. 
 
COOK, J., dissents and would affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.