Case Name: Hillyer et al., Appellants, v. Great American Insurance Company, Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1998-07-22
Citations: 82 Ohio St. 3d 1224
Docket Number: No. 97-2200
Parties: Hillyer et al., Appellants, v. Great American Insurance Company, Appellee.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 82
Pages: 1224–1224

Head Matter:
Hillyer et al., Appellants, v. Great American Insurance Company, Appellee.
[Cite as Hillyer v. Great Am. Ins. Co. (1998), 82 Ohio St.3d 1224.]
(No. 97-2200
Submitted June 24, 1998
Decided July 22, 1998.)
Friedman, Domiano & Smith Co., L.P.A., and Jeffrey H. Friedman, for appellants.
Ulmer & Berne LLP, Murray K. Lenson and Jeffrey R. Sadlowski, for appellee.

Opinion:
The parties are ordered to consider and brief the issue whether the underlying premise of Ross v. Farmers Ins. Group of Cos. (1998), 82 Ohio St.3d 281, 695 N.E.2d 732, that the statutory law in effect at the time of entering into a contract of automobile liability insurance controls the rights and duties of the contracting parties, is applicable to a claim for damages against the tortfeasor's automobile liability insurance policy.
Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.