Opinion
No. 2002-0850.
Submitted May 13, 2003.
Decided December 17, 2003.
Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Montgomery County, No. 19106,2002-Ohio-1814.
Thomas, Botros, Kollin Schulte, L.L.C., Michael R. Thomas and Richard W. Schulte, for appellant.
Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton Norman and Jay Clinton Rice, for appellees Great Northern Insurance Company and Federal Insurance Company.
Reminger Reminger Co., L.P.A., and Peter J. Stackpole, for appellee Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
Boyk Crossmock, L.L.C., and Steven L. Crossmock, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Brickler Eckler, L.L.P., Kurtis A. Tunnell, Anne Marie Sferra and Robert Katz, urging affirmance for amicus curiae American Insurance Association.
The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of Westfield Ins. Co. v. Galatis, 100 Ohio St.3d 216, 2003-Ohio-5849, 797 N.E.2d 1256.
Moyer, C.J., Ford, Sundermann, Lundberg Stratton and O'Connor, JJ., concur.
F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., dissent.
Donald R. Ford, J., of the Eleventh Appellate District, sitting for Resnick, J.
J. Howard Sundermann Jr., J., of the First Appellate District, sitting for Cook, J.