Title: Bowser v. Nationwide Ins. Co.

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

BOWSER 
ET 
AL., APPELLEES 
AND CROSS-APPELLANTS, 
V. NATIONWIDE 
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INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLANT AND CROSS-APPELLEE. 
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[Cite as Bowser v. Nationwide 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 that reaches a contrary result is 
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unenforceable. 
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(No. 96-1424 -- Submitted December 11, 1996 -- Decided January 
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29, 1997.) 
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APPEAL and CROSS-APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for 
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Montgomery County, No. CA-15251. 
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__________ 
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Froelich & Weprin, L.P.A., and Gary L. Froelich, for appellees and 
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cross-appellants. 
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Jenks, Surdyk & Cowdrey Co., L.P.A., and Edward Dowd, for 
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appellant and cross-appellee. 
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__________ 
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The discretionary appeal is denied. 
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The discretionary cross-appeal is allowed. 
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The judgment of the court of appeals on cross-appeal is reversed, 
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and the cause is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings on the 
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authority of Schaefer v. Allstate Ins. Co. (1996), 76 Ohio St.3d 553, 668 
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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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