Opinion
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.
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.
{¶ 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., 98 Ohio St.3d 162, 2002-Ohio-7101, 781 N.E.2d 196.