Gregory v. W. Res. Mut. Cas. Co.
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GREGORY ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. WESTERN RESERVE MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY, APPELLEE. [Cite as Gregory v. W. Res. Mut. Cas. Co. (1998), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.] Motor vehicles Insurance Scope of coverage of an underinsured motorist claim Statutory law in effect at time of entering into contract for automobile liability insurance controls the rights and duties of the contracting parties. (No. 98-330 Submitted June 24, 1998 Decided July 22, 1998.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Wayne County, No. 97CA0020. __________________ Robert N. Gluck & Co., L.P.A., and Robert N. Gluck, for appellants. Logee, Hostetler, Stutzman & Lehman and Jerry S. Packard, for appellee. __________________ 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, ___ N.E.2d ___. MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur. COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., dissent. __________________ COOK, J., dissenting. For the reasons stated in my dissenting opinion to Ross v. Farmers Ins. Group of Cos. (1998), 82 Ohio St.3d 281, 291, ___ N.E.2d ___, ___, I respectfully dissent. LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., concurs in the foregoing dissenting opinion.
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