HACKER v. DICKMAN

No. 94-2400.

75 Ohio St.3d 118 (1996)

HACKER ET AL., APPELLEES, v. DICKMAN ET AL.; STATE AUTO INSURANCE COMPANIES ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., W. Patrick Murray and Steven C. Bechtel, for appellees.

Flynn, Py & Kruse Co., L.P.A., John A. Coppeler and Randolph E. Digges III, for appellants.


COOK, J.

In this case we consider the argument that a clause in an insurance policy which employs the pronoun "you" may have different meanings, depending on the perspective and circumstances of the particular "covered person" reading it. We reject such a proposition in favor of according to pronouns in a contract applicable to more than one person a uniform meaning consistent with policy definitions.

It is well-settled law in Ohio that "[w]here provisions...

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