Holcomb v. State Farm Insurance Companies

Full title: Holcomb, Admr., et al., Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. State Farm…

Court: Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: May 24, 2000

88 Ohio St. 3d 537 (Ohio 2000)

Opinion

Nos. 99-342, 99-348 and 99-618.

Submitted April 11, 2000.

Decided May 24, 2000.

Appeal and Cross-Appeal from and Certified by the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 98AP-353.

DeLibera, Lyons Bibbo and Jeffrey R. Bibbo, for appellants and cross-appellees.

Gallagher, Bradigan, Gams, Pryor Littrell, L.L.P., and James R. Gallagher, for appellee and cross-appellant.

Elk Elk Co., L.P.A., and Todd O. Rosenberg, urging reversal on behalf of appellants for amicus curiae, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.

The judgment of the court of appeals is vacated, and the cause is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings and consideration, where applicable, of the Supreme Court's decisions in Wolfe v. Wolfe (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 246, 725 N.E.2d 261, and Moore v. State Auto. Mut. Ins. Co. (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 27, 723 N.E.2d 97.

Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.

Douglas, J., concurs separately.

Moyer, C.J., Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., dissent.

DOUGLAS, J., concurring.

I concur for the reasons set forth in my concurrence in Stickney v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 504, 727 N.E.2d 1286.

LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., dissenting.

I respectfully dissent for the reasons set forth in the dissenting opinions in Wolfe v. Wolfe (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 246, 252-255, 725 N.E.2d 261, 267-269, and Moore v. State Auto. Mut. Ins. Co. (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 27, 33-36, 723 N.E.2d 97, 103-105.

Moyer, C.J., and Cook, J., concur in the foregoing dissenting opinion.