YURISTA v. NATIONWIDE MUT. INS. CO.

Nos. 84-1166 and 84-1890.

18 Ohio St. 3d 326 (1985)

YURISTA, APPELLEE, v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLANT. BASFORD ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. STATE AUTOMOBILE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 31, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., and Kirk J. Delli Bovi, for appellee Robert J. Yurista.

Flynn, Py & Kruse Co., L.P.A., and John A. Coppeler, for appellant Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.

Bernard Law Offices, Bernard Bernard and Gary J. Pandora, for appellants James W. Basford et al.

Gingher & Christensen, Randall Rabe and John M. Mahota, for appellee, State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company.


COOK, J.

The issue these cases present is whether an insured can recover under an uninsured motorist provision in an automobile liability insurance policy which, as to "hit-and-run" vehicles, requires physical contact between the unidentified vehicle and the insured or the vehicle he is occupying at the time of the accident, when no such physical contact occurs at the time of said accident.

This issue was addressed and answered by this court in Travelers...

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