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Akins v. Harco Ins. Co.

Supreme Court of Ohio
Jul 27, 2005
2005 Ohio 3557 (Ohio 2005)

Opinion

No. 2004-1615.

Submitted December 14, 2004.

Decided July 27, 2005.

Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Lucas County, No. L-03-1279, 158 Ohio App.3d 292, 2004-Ohio-4267, 815 N.E.2d 686.

Miraldi Barrett Co., L.P.A., and David P. Miraldi, Lorain, for appellee.

Reminger Reminger Co., L.P.A., and Erin Stottlemyer Gold, Cleveland, for appellant Old Republic Insurance Company.

Manahan, Pietrykowski, DeLaney Wasielewski and Cormac B. DeLaney, Toledo, for appellant Owners Insurance Company.


{¶ 1} The discretionary appeal of Old Republic Insurance Company is accepted on Proposition of Law No. I.

{¶ 2} The discretionary appeal of Owners Insurance Company is not accepted.

{¶ 3} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed insofar as it holds that extrinsic evidence may not be used to establish a valid offer of uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage, and the cause is remanded to the court of appeals for application of Hollon v. Clary, 104 Ohio St.3d 526, 2004-Ohio-6772, 820 N.E.2d 881.

MOYER, C.J., LUNDBERG STRATTON, O'CONNOR and O'DONNELL, JJ., concur.

RESNICK and PFEIFER, JJ., dissent.

LANZINGER, J., not participating.


Summaries of

Akins v. Harco Ins. Co.

Supreme Court of Ohio
Jul 27, 2005
2005 Ohio 3557 (Ohio 2005)
Case details for

Akins v. Harco Ins. Co.

Case Details

Full title:AKINS, Admr., APPELLEE, v. HARCO INSURANCE COMPANY et al.; Old Republic…

Court:Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Jul 27, 2005

Citations

2005 Ohio 3557 (Ohio 2005)
2005 Ohio 3557
830 N.E.2d 1161

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