OLMSTEAD v. LUMBERMENS MUTL. INS. CO.

No. 69-343.

22 Ohio St. 2d 212 (1970)

OLMSTEAD, TRUSTEE, ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. THE LUMBERMENS MUTUAL INS. CO., APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided May 27, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Goodman & Goodman and Mr. Sol Goodman, for appellants.

Messrs. Clausen, Hirsh, Miller & Gorman, Mr. Jacob T. Pincus, Messrs. Lindhorst & Dreidame and Mr. James L. O'Connell, for appellee.


DUNCAN, J.

In argument and in brief counsel discuss and invite our attention to certain clauses of the insurance contract which spawn a number of barriers which must be hurdled by one in search of the intent of the parties. In the case at bar, only one is pivotal, i. e., what is a "collapse."

Plaintiffs urge that the word "collapse" is reasonably open to different interpretations and requires construction most favorable to the insureds and against the...

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