LATTANZI v. TRAVELERS INS. CO.

No. 93-2404.

72 Ohio St.3d 350 (1995)

LATTANZI ET AL., APPELLEES, v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 28, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F. Gambrel, for appellees.

Meyers, Hentemann, Schneider & Rea Co., L.P.A., and Harry A. Hentemann, for appellant.

Willis & Linnen Co., L.P.A., and Mark C. Willis, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.


PFEIFER, J.

We are compelled to hold in this case that where an insured is kidnapped in her own automobile, and incurs all bodily injury outside and away from the automobile, the insured is not covered within the uninsured motorist provisions of her automobile insurance policy which limits coverage to bodily injuries "caused by accident" and which "arise out of the ownership, maintenance or use of the uninsured motor vehicle."

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