GYORI v. JOHNSTON COCA-COLA BOTTLING GROUP, INC.

No. 95-1139.

76 Ohio St.3d 565 (1996)

GYORI, APPELLANT, v. JOHNSTON COCA-COLA BOTTLING GROUP, INC. ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 2, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown, Schlageter, Craig & Shindler, Martin J. Holmes and Scott A. Winckowski, for appellant.

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick and Michael G. Sanderson, for appellee, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company.

Janik & Dunn, Steven G. Janik and Richard J. Zielinski, for appellee, National Union Fire Insurance Company.

Williams, Jilek, Lafferty & Gallagher Co., L.P.A., and Robert M. Scott, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.

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


PFEIFER, J.

The issues in this case are straightforward. Did Lumbermens offer UM coverage to Johnston? If so, did Johnston reject the coverage? Did National Union offer UM coverage to Johnston? If so, did Johnston reject the coverage? For the reasons that follow, we find that National Union did not offer UM coverage and that therefore Johnston could not reject the coverage. We also find that Lumbermens offered UM coverage and that Johnston did not expressly reject...

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