2002 OHIO 7090 - Pillo v. Stricklin

[Cite as Pillo v. Stricklin,

98 Ohio St.3d 163

2002-Ohio-7090

.]




   PILLO ET AL., APPELLEES, v. STRICKLIN ET AL.; PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE
                                 COMPANY, APPELLANT.
          [Cite as Pillo v. Stricklin,

98 Ohio St.3d 163

2002-Ohio-7090

.]
Insurance — Motor vehicles — Uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage —
        Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed on authority of Kemper v. Michigan
        Millers Mut. Ins. Co.
   (No. 2002-0291 — Submitted December 18, 2002 — Decided December 24,
                                            2002.)
 APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Stark County, No. 2001CA00204, 2002-
                                         Ohio-7049.
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        {¶1}     The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority
of Kemper v. Michigan Millers Mut. Ins. Co.,

98 Ohio St.3d 162

, 2002-Ohio-
7101,

781 N.E.2d 196

, decided today.
        MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur.
        COOK, J. dissents.
        LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., dissents for the reasons stated in the Chief
Justice’s dissenting opinion in Kemper v. Michigan Millers Mut. Ins. Co.,

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2002-Ohio-7101

781 N.E.2d 196

.
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        Tzangas, Plakas, Mannos & Recupero, David L. Dingwell and Denise K.
Houston, for appellees.
        Davis & Young, Henry A. Hentemann and J. Michael Creagan, for
appellant Progressive Insurance Company.
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