MOTORISTS MUT. INS. CO. v. BRANDENBURG

No. 93-2099.

72 Ohio St.3d 157 (1995)

MOTORISTS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLEE, v. BRANDENBURG ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided May 10, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rendigs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis, Joseph W. Gelwicks and Fern Theresa Schmitz, for appellee.

Katzman, Logan & Halper, Philip A. Logan and Amy Katzman, for appellants.

Robert P. Rutter, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.


DOUGLAS, J.

The issue in this case is whether the trial court abused its discretion in awarding attorney fees to appellants. For the reasons that follow, we find that the trial court did not abuse its discretion and, accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.

In Vance v. Roedersheimer (1992), 64 Ohio St.3d 552, 556, 597 N.E.2d 153, 156, this court reaffirmed that in Ohio, an award of attorney...

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