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CULLEN v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

No. 95925.

2011 Ohio 6621

Michael E. Cullen, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

RELEASED AND JOURNALIZED: December 22, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Johnson , Joseph Ezzie , Robert J. Tucker , Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P., 65 East State Street, Suite 2100, Columbus, Ohio 43215-4260, Michael K. Farrell , Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P., 3200 PNC Center, 1900 East Ninth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-3485, Robert Shultz , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C., Suite 100 Mark Twain Plaza III, P.O. Box 467, Edwardsville, Illinois 62025, Attorneys for Appellant.

W. Craig Bashein , John P. Hurst , Bashein & Bashein Co., L.P.A., Terminal Tower, 35th Floor, 50 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44113-2216, Paul W. Flowers , Paul W. Flowers Co., L.P.A., Terminal Tower, 35th Floor, 50 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, Attorneys for Appellee.

Anthony T. Eliseuson , Steven M. Levy , SNR Denton US, L.L.P., 233 South Wacker Drive, Suite 7800, Chicago, Illinois 60606, For National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies ("Namic"). Daniel J. Kelso , 172 East State Street, Suite 201, Columbus, Ohio 43215-4321, For Ohio Insurance Institute ("OII"), Amici Curiae.

Before: Celebrezze, J., Stewart, P.J., and Sweeney, J.

JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

FRANK D. CELEBREZZE, Jr., J.

{¶ 1} Appellant, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company ("State Farm"), challenges the trial court's September 29, 2010 order certifying a class of individuals and businesses allegedly harmed by State Farm when making "glass only" claims for damage to windshields that were repaired rather than replaced. State Farm argues that class certification is inappropriate. After a thorough...

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