Title: Hammond v. Grange Mut. Cas. Co.

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

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Hammond, Appellant, v. Grange Mutual Casualty Company, Appellee.                 
[Cite as Hammond v. Grange Mut. Cas. Co. (1995),     Ohio                        
St.3d    .]                                                                      
Insurance -- Insurer fails to exercise good faith in the                         
processing of a claim of its insured, when.                                      
    (No. 94-2376 -- Submttedd February 21, 1995 -- Decided                       
April 5, 1995.)                                                                  
    Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No.                    
93APE11-1620.                                                                    
                                                                                 
    Dagger, Johnston, Miller, Ogilvie & Hampson and Mark R.                      
Riegel, for appellant.                                                           
    Lane, Alton & Horst , Rick E. Marsh and William Scott                        
Lavelle, for appellee.                                                           
                                                                                 
    The discretionary appeal is allowed.  The judgment of the                    
court of appeals is reversed, and the cause is remanded to the                   
trial court for further proceedings on the authority of Zoppo                    
v. Homestead Ins. Co. (1994), 71 Ohio St.3d 552, 644 N.E.2d 397.                 
    Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer and                     
Cook, JJ., concur.                                                               
    Wright, J., dissents for the reasons stated in his                           
dissenting opinion in Zoppo v. Homestead Ins. Co. (1994), 71                     
Ohio St.3d 552, 559-262, 644 N.E.2d 397, 402-404.