Case Name: Ohio Farmers Insurance Company, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Binegar et al., Appellees and Cross-Appellants
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1994-10-19
Citations: 70 Ohio St. 3d 562
Docket Number: Nos. 94-525 and 94-692
Parties: Ohio Farmers Insurance Company, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Binegar et al., Appellees and Cross-Appellants.
Judges: A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 70
Pages: 562–566

Head Matter:
Ohio Farmers Insurance Company, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Binegar et al., Appellees and Cross-Appellants.
[Cite as Ohio Farmers Ins. Co. v. Binegar (1994), 70 Ohio St.3d 562.]
(Nos. 94-525 and 94-692
Submitted June 29, 1994
Decided October 19, 1994.)
Freund, Freeze & Arnold, Stephen V. Freeze and Gregory J. Berberich, for appellant and cross-appellee.
Lamkin, Van Eman, Trimble, Beals & Rourke and Timothy Van Eman, for appellees and cross-appellants.

Opinion:
The motion to certify the record is overruled. The cross-motion to certify the record is allowed.
Finding its judgment to be in conflict with the judgments of the Court of Appeals for Ross County in Hutchison v. Midwestern Indemn. Co. (Aug. 5,1987), Ross App. No. 1352, unreported, and Hutchison v. Midwestern Indemn. Co. (Mar. 2, 1989), Ross App. No. 1496, unreported, the court of appeals certified the record of the case to this court for review and Anal determination on the following question: "[WJhether the failure to file a wrongful death action within the time period prescribed by R.C. 2125.02(D) bars an underinsured motorist's claim by a person who would otherwise be entitled to recover wrongful death damages from a tortfeasor."
Due to the disposition of the case, the court declines to address the question certified by the court of appeals.
The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed and the cause is remanded to the trial court for application of Savoie v. Grange Mut. Ins. Co. (1993), 67 Ohio St.3d 500, 620 N.E.2d 809.
A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.
Moyer, C.J., concurs separately.
Wright, J., dissents.