The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Ross v. Farmers Ins. Group of Cos. (1998), 82 Ohio St.3d 281, 695 N.E.2d 732.
Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur. *387Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., dissent.