2000 OHIO 417 - Moroney v. Annis

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at

88 Ohio St.3d 506

.]




     MORONEY ET AL., APPELLEES, v. ANNIS ET AL.; STATE FARM MUTUAL
                 AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLANT.
                    [Cite as Moroney v. Annis,

2000-Ohio-417

.]
Automobile liability insurance—Uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage—
        Court of appeals’ judgment vacated and cause remanded to trial court.
       (No. 99-2155—Submitted April 26, 2000—Decided, May 24, 2000.)
      APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Richland County, No. 99CA27.
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        Gallagher, Bradigan, Gams, Pryor & Littrell, L.L.P., and James R.
Gallagher, for appellant.
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        {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is vacated, and the cause is
remanded to the trial court for further proceedings and consideration, where
applicable, of the Supreme Court’s decisions in Wolfe v. Wolfe (2000),

88 Ohio St.3d 246

725 N.E.2d 261

, and Moore v. State Auto. Mut. Ins. Co. (2000),

88 Ohio St.3d 27

723 N.E.2d 97

.
        DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur.
        DOUGLAS, J., concurs separately.
        MOYER, C.J., COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., dissent.
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        DOUGLAS, J., concurring.
        {¶ 2} I concur for the reasons set forth in my concurrence in Stickney v.
State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (2000),

88 Ohio St.3d 504

727 N.E.2d 1286

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                             SUPREME COURT OF OHIO




       LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., dissenting.
       {¶ 3} I respectfully dissent for the reasons set forth in the dissenting
opinions in Wolfe v. Wolfe (2000),

88 Ohio St.3d 246, 252-255

725 N.E.2d 261, 267-269

, and Moore v. State Auto. Mut. Ins. Co. (2000),

88 Ohio St.3d 27, 33-36

723 N.E.2d 97, 103-105

.
       MOYER, C.J., and COOK, J., concur in the foregoing dissenting opinion.
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