Case Name: Riffe, Appellee, v. Interstate Motor Freight System; Ins. Co. of N. America, Surety, Appellant; Mayfield, Admr., Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1987-07-01
Citations: 31 Ohio St. 3d 161
Docket Number: No. 86-1519
Parties: Riffe, Appellee, v. Interstate Motor Freight System; Ins. Co. of N. America, Surety, Appellant; Mayfield, Admr., Appellee.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Sweeney, Holmes, Wright and H. Brown, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 31
Pages: 161–162

Head Matter:
Riffe, Appellee, v. Interstate Motor Freight System; Ins. Co. of N. America, Surety, Appellant; Mayfield, Admr., Appellee.
[Cite as Riffe v. Interstate Motor Freight System (1987), 31 Ohio St. 3d 161.]
(No. 86-1519
Decided July 1, 1987.)
Gallon, Kalniz & lorio Co., L.P.A., James A. Whittaker and William E. Takacs, for appellee Sheridan Riffe, Jr.
Bugbee & Conkle, Gregory B. Denny and Robert L. Solt III, for appellant.
Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr., attorney general, Janet E. Jackson and Michael L. Squillace, for appellee Mayfield, Admr.
Case Nos. 86-1208 and 86-1209 involve the same parties and issue and are governed by the result in this case.

Opinion:
The judgment in this cause, having been certified by the court of appeals in case Nos. 85AP-538 and 85AP-545 as being in conflict with Holben v. Interstate Motor Freight System (Oct. 18, 1985), Lucas App. Nos. L-85-036, L-85-037 and L-85-053, unreported, is hereby reversed on authority of Holben v. Interstate Motor Freight System (1987), 31 Ohio St. 3d 152, 31 OBR 318, 509 N.E. 2d 938, and the cause is remanded to the trial court.
Moyer, C.J., Sweeney, Holmes, Wright and H. Brown, JJ., concur.
Locher and Douglas, JJ., dissent.