{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of Hopkins v. Dyer, 104 Ohio St.3d 461, 2004-Ohio-6769, 820 N.E.2d 329.
James R. Recupero, Attorney at Law, L.L.C., and James R. Recupero, for appellants. Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Jay Clinton Rice, Robert H. Eddy, and Richard C.O. Rezie, for appellee Continental Casualty Company. Moyer, C.J., Lundberg Stratton, O’Connor and O’Donnell, JJ., concur. Resnick and Pfeifer, JJ., dissent. Lanzinger, J., not participating.