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ZOPPO v. HOMESTEAD INS. CO.

No. 93-1616.

71 Ohio St.3d 552 (1994)

ZOPPO ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. HOMESTEAD INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 30, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Rutter, for appellants.

Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Alan M. Petrov, D. Cheryl Atwell and Timothy J. Fitzgerald, for appellee.

Clark, Perdue, Roberts & Scott Co., L.P.A., Edward L. Clark and Dale K. Perdue; Nurenberg, Plevin, Heller & McCarthy and Andrew P. Krembs, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., Dennis E. Murray, Sr., and Kirk J. Delli Bovi, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Erie County Board of Commissioners.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, William D. Kloss, Robert N. Webner and Julie A. Schafer, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Insurance Institute.

Young & Alexander Co., L.P.A., Mark R. Chilson and Paul G. Hallinan; Meyers, Hentemann, Schneider & Rea Co., L.P.A., and Henry A. Hentemann, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, State Farm Insurance Companies.

Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley, Timothy D. Johnson, William H. Baughman, Jr., Robert D. Rosewater and Gregory E. O' Brien, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys.

FRANCIS E. SWEENEY, SR., J.

The issues before this court are: (1) whether actual intent by the insurer to refuse to fulfill its contract with the insured is a requisite element of the tort of bad faith as held in Said; and (2) whether R.C. 2315.21(C)(2), requiring the court to set the amount of punitive damages even in jury trials, is violative of the right to trial by jury. For the reasons that follow, we overrule...

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