Summary
In Headley, an employee of Brush Creek Township brought a claim for underinsured motorist coverage against his employer's insurer, Ohio Government Risk Management Plan ("OGRMP").
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Nos. 98-856 and 98-1460.
Submitted June 9, 1999.
Decided July 7, 1999.
Appeals from the Court of Appeals for Muskingum County, Nos. CT97-0017 and CT97-0022.
James W. Peters, for appellants.
Reminger Reminger Co., L.P.A., Lee W. Westfall and John A. Burgess, for appellee Ohio Government Risk Management Plan.
Gottlieb, Johnston, Beam DalPonte, P.L.L., Miles D. Fries and Cole J., Gerstner, for appellee Grange Mutual Casualty Company.
The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Scott-Pontzer v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co. (1999), 85 Ohio St.3d 660, 710 N.E.2d 1116, and the judgment of the trial court is reinstated.
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER and COOK, JJ., concur.
LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., dissents.
For the reasons set forth in my dissenting opinion in Scott-Pontzer v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co. (1999), 85 Ohio St.3d 660, 710 N.E.2d 1116, I dissent and would affirm the judgment of the court of appeals in this case.