Title: Allen v. Johnson

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Cite as Allen v. Johnson, 100 Ohio St.3d 276, 2003-Ohio-5889.] 
 
 
ALLEN ET AL., APPELLANTS AND CROSS-APPELLEES, v. JOHNSON ET AL., 
APPELLEES; INDIANA INSURANCE COMPANY ET AL., APPELLEES AND CROSS-
APPELLANTS. 
[Cite as Allen v. Johnson, 100 Ohio St.3d 276, 2003-Ohio-5889.] 
Motor vehicles — Automobile liability insurance — Uninsured/underinsured 
motorist coverage — Employer’s commercial automobile liability policy 
covers loss sustained by employee only if loss occurs within the course 
and scope of employment — Scott-Pontzer v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 
limited — Designation of “family members” of the named insured as other 
insureds does not extend insurance to a family member of an employee 
corporation — Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed in part and reversed 
in part on authority of Westfield Ins. Co. v. Galatis — Appellants’ 
Proposition of Law No. 3 dismissed as improvidently allowed. 
(Nos. 2002-1126 and 2002-1433 — Submitted May 13, 2003 — Decided 
November 5, 2003.) 
APPEAL and CROSS-APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Wayne County, Nos. 
01CA0046 and 01CA0047, 2002-Ohio-3404. 
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{¶1} 
The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed as to National 
Union Insurance Company and Federal Insurance Company on the authority of 
Westfield Ins. Co. v. Galatis, 100 Ohio St.3d 216, 2003-Ohio-5849, 797 N.E.2d 
1256. 
{¶2} 
The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed, and the judgment 
of the trial court in favor of Consolidated Insurance Company and Indiana 
Insurance Company is reinstated on the authority of Westfield Ins. Co., supra. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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{¶3} 
Appellants’ Proposition of Law No. 3 is dismissed as 
improvidently allowed. 
 
MOYER, C.J., SUNDERMANN, LUNDBERG STRATTON and O’CONNOR, JJ., 
concur. 
 
RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., dissent. 
 
J. HOWARD SUNDERMANN JR., J., of the First Appellate District, sitting for 
COOK, J. 
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Grisi & Riegler and Charles E. Grisi, for appellants and cross-appellees. 
 
Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley, L.L.P., Daniel A. Richards, 
John G. Farnan and Edward T. Sylvester, for appellees and cross-appellants 
Indiana Insurance Co. and Consolidated Insurance Co. 
 
Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, D. John Travis and Timothy J. 
Fitzgerald, for appellee and cross-appellant Federal Insurance Co. 
 
Janik & Dorman L.L.P., Steven G. Janik and Matthew J. Grimm, for 
appellee National Union Fire Insurance Co. 
 
T.J. Snyder; Allen Schulman & Associates Co., L.P.A., Allen Schulman 
and Christopher Van Blargan, for amicus curiae Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers. 
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