Title: Moorhead v. Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co.

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Cite as Moorhead v. Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 100 Ohio St.3d 321, 2003-Ohio-6218.] 
 
 
MOORHEAD, APPELLEE, v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, 
APPELLANT. 
[Cite as Moorhead v. Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 100 Ohio St.3d 321, 2003-
Ohio-6218.] 
Discretionary appeal accepted — Insurance — 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 — Court of appeals’ 
judgment affirmed as to school district liability policy and reversed as to 
business automobile liability policy on the authority of Westfield Ins. Co. 
v. Galatis. 
(No. 2003-1541 — Submitted November 3, 2003 — Decided December 10, 
2003.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Stark County, No. 2002CA00391, 2003-
Ohio-4028. 
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The discretionary appeal is accepted. 
{¶2} 
The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed as to the Canton 
City School District Board of Education commercial general liability policy and 
reversed as to the finding of coverage under the business automobile liability 
policy on the authority of Westfield Ins. Co. v. Galatis, 100 Ohio St.3d 216, 2003-
Ohio-5849, 797 N.E.2d 1256. 
 
MOYER, C.J., LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’CONNOR and O’DONNELL, JJ., 
concur. 
 
RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., dissent. 
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SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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Stanley R. Rubin, for appellee. 
 
Pfau, Pfau & Marando and John C. Pfau, for appellant. 
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