Title: Molek v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

MOLEK ET AL., APPELLANTS, V. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE 
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COMPANY, APPELLEE. 
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[Cite as Molek v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (1997), ___ Ohio St.3d 
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Insurance -- Automobile liability -- Each person covered by an uninsured 
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motorist policy who is asserting a claim for loss of consortium has a 
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separate claim subject to a separate per person policy limit -- 
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Provision in insurance policy which reaches a contrary result is 
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unenforceable. 
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(No. 96-1639 -- Submitted December 11, 1996 -- Decided February 
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5, 1997.) 
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APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 69480. 
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Joseph L. Coticchia, for appellants. 
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Meyers, Hentemann, Schneider & Rea Co., L.P.A., Henry A. 
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Hentemann and J. Michael Creagan, for appellee. 
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The discretionary appeal is allowed. 
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The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed, and the cause is 
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remanded to the trial court for further proceedings on the authority of 
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Schaefer v. Allstate Ins. Co. (1996), 76 Ohio St.3d 553, 668 N.E.2d 913. 
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MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and 
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LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur. 
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