GRIFFIN SYSTEMS, INC. v. OHIO DEPT. OF INS.

No. 90-1442.

61 Ohio St.3d 552 (1991)

GRIFFIN SYSTEMS, INC., APPELLANT, v. OHIO DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 28, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Z. Vogel, Berkman, Gordon, Murray & Palda, J. Michael Murray, Lorraine R. Baumgardner and Jeremy A. Rosenbaum, for appellant.

Lee I. Fisher, Attorney General, Joseph D. Emanuel and Jeanny M. Vorys, for appellee.


SWEENEY, J.

The determinative issue presented in this appeal is whether appellant's vehicle protection plans are contracts "substantially amounting to insurance" within the meaning of R.C. 3905.42. For the reasons that follow, we answer such inquiry in the negative, and therefore reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and reinstate the trial court's judgment.

R.C. 3905.42 provides as follows:

"No company, corporation, or association, whether...

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