Case Name: Starks, Appellee, v. Federal Insurance Company et al., Appellants
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2004-05-05
Citations: 102 Ohio St. 3d 91
Docket Number: No. 2003-1742
Parties: Starks, Appellee, v. Federal 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: 102
Pages: 91–92

Head Matter:
Starks, Appellee, v. Federal Insurance Company et al., Appellants.
[Cite as Starks v. Fed. Ins. Co., 102 Ohio St.3d 91, 2004-Ohio-1998.]
(No. 2003-1742
Submitted March 15, 2004
Decided May 5, 2004.)
John S. Coury, for appellee.
Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Jay Clinton Rice and Richard C.O. Rezie, for appellant Federal Insurance Company.

Opinion:
{¶ 1} The discretionary appeal is accepted.
{¶ 2} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed, and the cause is remanded to the trial court 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.
Ulmer & Berne, L.L.P., Thomas L. Rosenberg and Carl A. Anthony, for appellant Regent Insurance Company.