TOMLINSON v. SKOLNIK

Nos. 88-388 and 88-543.

44 Ohio St. 3d 11 (1989)

TOMLINSON, APPELLEE, v. SKOLNIK; BUCKEYE UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thornburg & Bean and Charles H. Bean, for appellee.

Sommer, Solovan & Piergallini Co., L.P.A., and Keith A. Sommer, for appellant.

Hamilton, Kramer, Myers & Cheek, James R. Gallagher and Emerson Cheek III, urging reversal for amicus curiae, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.


HOLMES, J.

The central issue in this case is whether a claim for loss of services and consortium constitutes a separate claim for "bodily injury" within the liability coverage provided in Buckeye Union's policy. For the reasons which follow, we hold that loss of consortium is not a separate "bodily injury" and thus reverse the court of appeals.

As we construe the policy language at issue here, we do so utilizing the long-standing rules of construction and...

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