Myers v. Safeco Insurance Co. of America

Full title: Myers et al., Appellees, v. Safeco Insurance Company of America, Appellant

Court: Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Apr 11, 2001

744 N.E.2d 1162 (Ohio 2001)

744 N.E.2d 1162

Opinion

Nos. 00-597 and 00-641.

Submitted March 28, 2001.

Decided April 11, 2001.

Appeal from and Certified by the Court of Appeals for Licking County, No. 99CA00083.

Clark, Perdue, Roberts Scott Co., L.P.A., and Paul O. Scott, for appellees.

John C. Nemeth Associates and John C. Nemeth, for appellant.

The judgment of the court of appeals in case No. 00-597 is reversed on the authority of Davidson v. Motorists Mut. Ins. Co. (2001), 91 Ohio St.3d 262, 744 N.E.2d 713.

The certification of conflict in case No. 00-641 is dismissed, sua sponte, as having been improvidently certified.

Moyer, C.J., Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.

Douglas, J., dissents.