BURNETT v. MOTORISTS MUT. INS. CO.

Nos. 2007-0954 and 2007-1176.

118 Ohio St.3d 493 (2008)

2008-Ohio-2751

BURNETT, Appellee, v. MOTORISTS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, et al.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 17, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anzellotti, Sperling, Pazol & Small Co., L.P.A., James L. Pazol, Robert D. Vizmeg, and Raymond J. Tisone, for appellee.

Day Ketterer, Ltd., Merle D. Evans III, and Jude B. Streb, for appellant.

Paul W. Flowers Co., L.P.A., and Paul W. Flowers; and the DiCello Firm and Robert F. DiCello, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Association for Justice.


O'CONNOR, J.

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Motorists Mutual Insurance Company ("Motorists"), appeals from a decision of the Eleventh District Court of Appeals holding former R.C. 3937.18(K)(2) unconstitutional for violating the Equal Protection Clauses of the Ohio and United States Constitutions when that statute is read in conjunction with former R.C. 3937.18(J)(1). For the reasons that follow, based largely upon our decision in Kyle v. Buckeye...

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