Howard v. Dodson

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HOWARD ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. DODSON ET AL., APPELLANTS; MIDWESTERN
                          INDEMNITY COMPANY, APPELLEE.
                    [Cite as Howard v. Dodson, 

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Insurance—Uninsured motorist provision—R.C. 3937.18 and public policy
        preclude contract provision requiring physical contact for recovery—
        Corroborative evidence test applied in cases where unidentified driver’s
        negligence causes injury.
          (No. 96-160—Submitted May 21, 1996—Decided July 3, 1996.)
   APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 95APE06-780.
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        Tsitouris & Gerrity and Timothy D. Gerrity, for appellants Barbara L.
Howard, Daniel Howard, Nancy E. Ives and Ronald Ives.
        Lane, Alton & Horst and William Scott Lavelle, for appellants Garry W.
Dodson and HBL Automotive, Inc., d.b.a. Lindsay Accura.
        Isaac, Brant, Ledman & Teetor, Donald L. Anspaugh and Joanne S. Peters,
for appellee.
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        {¶ 1} The discretionary appeal is allowed. The judgment of the court of
appeals is reversed on the authority of Girgis v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.
(1996), 

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, and the cause is remanded to the trial
court for further proceedings.
        MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and
STRATTON, JJ., concur.
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