Case Name: Akins, Admr., Appellee, v. Harco Insurance Company et al.; Old Republic Insurance Company et al., Appellants
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2005-07-27
Citations: 106 Ohio St. 3d 41
Docket Number: No. 2004-1615
Parties: Akins, Admr., Appellee, v. Harco Insurance Company et al.; Old Republic Insurance Company et al., Appellants.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Lundberg Stratton, O’Connor and O’Donnell, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 106
Pages: 41–42

Head Matter:
Akins, Admr., Appellee, v. Harco Insurance Company et al.; Old Republic Insurance Company et al., Appellants.
[Cite as Akins v. Harco Ins. Co., 106 Ohio St.3d 41, 2005-Ohio-3557.]
(No. 2004-1615
— Submitted December 14, 2004
— Decided July 27, 2005.)
Miraldi & Barrett Co., L.P.A., and David P. Miraldi, for appellee.
Reminger & Reminger Co., L.P.A., and Erin Stottlemyer Gold, for appellant Old Republic Insurance Company.
Manahan, Pietrykowski, DeLaney & Wasielewski and Cormac B. DeLaney, for appellant Owners Insurance Company.

Opinion:
{¶ 1} The discretionary appeal of Old Republic Insurance Company is accepted on Proposition of Law No. I.
{¶ 2} The discretionary appeal of Owners Insurance Company is not accepted.
{¶ 3} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed insofar as it holds that extrinsic evidence may not be used to establish a valid offer of uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage, and the cause is remanded to the court of appeals for application of Hollon v. Clary, 104 Ohio St.3d 526, 2004-Ohio-6772, 820 N.E.2d 881.
Moyer, C.J., Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor and O'Donnell, JJ., concur.
Resnick and Pfeifer, JJ., dissent.
Lanzinger, J., not participating.