NEAL-PETTIT, Appellee,
v.
LAHMAN ET AL.;
ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Ohio.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted December 15, 2009.
Decided May 4, 2010.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Bashein & Bashein Co., L.P.A., and W. Craig Bashein; and Paul W. Flowers Co., L.P.A., and Paul W. Flowers, for appellee.
Ritzler, Coughlin & Swansinger, Ltd., and Thomas M. Coughlin Jr., for appellant.
Robert P. Rutter, urging affirmance for amicus curiae World Harvest Church.
Gallagher, Gams, Pryor, Tallan & Littrell, L.L.P., and James R. Gallagher, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys.
Supreme Court of Ohio.
LANZINGER, J.
{¶ 1} We accepted this discretionary appeal to determine whether an insurer must pay an attorney-fee award on behalf of its insured under her insurance policy and whether payment of attorney fees awarded solely as a result of punitive damages violates the public policy of Ohio. After reviewing the policy, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals, holding that the policy does cover attorney-fee awards and that public policy does...
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