2001 OHIO 154 - Maric v. Adams

[This decision has been published in Ohio Official Reports at

92 Ohio St.3d 209

.]




      MARIC ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. ADAMS ET AL.; STATE FARM MUTUAL
                  AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLEE.
                      [Cite as Maric v. Adams,

2001-Ohio-154

.]
Insurance—Motor vehicles—Mandatory offering of uninsured and underinsured
        motorist coverage—Subrogation—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed on
        authority of Littrell v. Wigglesworth and Clark v. Scarpelli.
  (Nos. 00-874 and 00-1148—Submitted May 16, 2001—Decided July 5, 2001.)
    APPEAL from and CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Lake County, No.
                                         98-L-142.
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        {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of
Littrell v. Wigglesworth (2001),

91 Ohio St.3d 425

746 N.E.2d 1077

, and Clark v.
Scarpelli (2001),

91 Ohio St.3d 271

744 N.E.2d 719

.
        DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur.
        MOYER, C.J., COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur in judgment.
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            COOK, J., concurring in judgment.
        {¶ 2} I concur in judgment based on the reasoning set forth in my dissenting
opinion in Littrell v. Wigglesworth (2001),

91 Ohio St.3d 425

746 N.E.2d 1077

,
and in my opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part in Clark v. Scarpelli
(2001),

91 Ohio St.3d 271

744 N.E.2d 719

.
        MOYER, C.J., and LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., concur in the foregoing
opinion.
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        Robert P. Rutter, for appellants.
                          SUPREME COURT OF OHIO




       Davis & Young Co., L.P.A., Henry A. Hentemann and J. Michael Creagan,
for appellee.
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