STATE AUTO. MUT. INS. CO. v. ROWE

No. 85-2000.

28 Ohio St. 3d 143 (1986)

STATE AUTOMOBILE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLEE, v. ROWE ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cronquist, Smith, Marshall & Weaver and Jack F. Smith, for appellee.

Nurenberg, Plevin, Heller & McCarthy Co., L.P.A., and Anne L. Kilbane, for appellants.


DOUGLAS, J.

The initial issue presented in this case is whether an uninsured motorist liability policy clause that requires "physical contact" between the insured or the vehicle occupied by him and the vehicle of an unidentified motorist, as a condition of coverage, abrogates R.C. 3937.18 or contravenes public policy. We hold that it does not.

R.C. 3937.18 provides, in pertinent part:

"(A) No automobile...

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