Case Name: Leisure, Admr., et al., Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company; Farmers Insurance of Columbus, Inc., Appellee and Cross-Appellant; Leisure, Admr., et al., Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2000-06-07
Citations: 89 Ohio St. 3d 110
Docket Number: Nos. 98-2110 and 98-2481
Parties: Leisure, Admr., et al., Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company; Farmers Insurance of Columbus, Inc., Appellee and Cross-Appellant. Leisure, Admr., et al., Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, et al.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 89
Pages: 110–111

Head Matter:
Leisure, Admr., et al., Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company; Farmers Insurance of Columbus, Inc., Appellee and Cross-Appellant. Leisure, Admr., et al., Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, et al.
[Cite as Leisure v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (2000), 89 Ohio St.3d 110.]
(Nos. 98-2110 and 98-2481
Submitted February 23, 2000
Decided June 7, 2000.)
The Okey Law Firm, L.P.A., Steven P. Okey and Scott A Washam, for appellants and cross-appellees.
Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, D. John Travis and Gary L. Nicholson, for appellee and cross-appellant Farmers Insurance of Columbus, Inc.
Davis & Young and Henry A. Hentemann, for appellee and cross-appellant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.
Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Sharon A Jennings, Assistant Attorney General, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Attorney General', in . case No. 98-2110.

Opinion:
The court hereby, sua sponte, consolidates these two cases for disposition.
The judgments of the court of appeals are affirmed to the extent they vacated the default judgments. The causes are remanded to the trial court with instructions to permit plaintiffs to serve the Attorney General in accordance with R.C. 2721.12 and Cicco v. Stockmaster (2000), 89 Ohio St.3d 95, 728 N.E.2d 1066.
Moyer, C.J., Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.
Douglas, J., concurs in judgment.
Pfeifer and Cook, JJ., dissent.