Case Name: Uzhca, Appellant, v. Derham; Great Northern Insurance Company et al., Appellees
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2003-12-17
Citations: 100 Ohio St. 3d 323
Docket Number: No. 2002-0850
Parties: Uzhca, Appellant, v. Derham; Great Northern Insurance Company et al., Appellees.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Ford, Sundermann, Lundberg Stratton and O’Connor, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 100
Pages: 323–323

Head Matter:
Uzhca, Appellant, v. Derham; Great Northern Insurance Company et al., Appellees.
[Cite as Uzhca v. Derham, 100 Ohio St.3d 323, 2003-Ohio-6422.]
(No. 2002-0850
Submitted May 13, 2003
Decided December 17, 2003.)
Thomas, Botros, Kollin & Schulte, L.L.C., Michael R. Thomas and Richard W. Schulte, for appellant.
Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman and Jay Clinton Rice, for appellees Great Northern Insurance Company and Federal Insurance Company.
Reminger & Reminger Co., L.P.A., and Peter J. Stackpole, for appellee Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
Boyk & Crossmock, L.L.C., and Steven L. Crossmock, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Brickler & Eckler, L.L.P., Kurtis A. Tunnell, Anne Marie Sferra and Robert Katz, urging affirmance for amicus curiae American Insurance Association.

Opinion:
{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed 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., Ford, Sundermann, Lundberg Stratton and O'Connor, JJ., concur.
F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., dissent.
Donald R. Ford, J., of the Eleventh Appellate District, sitting for Resnick, J.
J. Howard Sundermann Jr., J., of the First Appellate District, sitting for Cook, J.