Pillo v. Stricklin

[Cite as Pillo v. Stricklin, 98 Ohio St.3d 163, 2002-Ohio-7090.]




   PILLO ET AL., APPELLEES, v. STRICKLIN ET AL.; PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE
                                 COMPANY, APPELLANT.
          [Cite as Pillo v. Stricklin, 98 Ohio St.3d 163, 2002-Ohio-7090.]
Insurance — Motor vehicles — Uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage —
        Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed on authority of Kemper v. Michigan
        Millers Mut. Ins. Co.
   (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.
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        {¶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.
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        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.
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