Title: McDonald v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co.

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

MCDONALD ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, 
APPELLEE. 
[Cite as McDonald v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. (1997), 79 Ohio St.3d 413.] 
Insurance — R.C. 2125.02 wrongful death beneficiary who is not named insured 
under the policy can recover under uninsured/underinsured motorist 
provisions of a decedent’s automobile liability insurance policy, when. 
(No. 96-2226 — Submitted May 7, 1997 — Decided September 24, 1997.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 69419. 
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Hermann, Cahn & Schneider, Kent B. Schneider and Jay H. Salamon, for 
appellants. 
 
Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley, L.L.P., Timothy D. Johnson, 
Gregory E. O’Brien and Daniel A. Richards, for appellee. 
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The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Holt v. 
Grange Mut. Cas. Co. (1997), 79 Ohio St.3d 401, 683 N.E.2d 1080, decided 
today, and the cause is remanded to the trial court. 
 
DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur. 
 
COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., dissent for the reasons stated in Justice 
Cook’s dissent in Holt.  
 
MOYER, C.J., dissents.