SAUER v. CREWS

No. 2013-0283.

140 Ohio St.3d 314 (2014)

2014-Ohio-3655

SAUER ET AL. v. CREWS ET AL., Appellees CENTURY SURETY COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 2, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Plymale & Dingus, L.L.C., and M. Shawn Dingus , for appellees.

Davis & Young and Richard M. Garner , for appellant.

Koehler Neal, L.L.C., and Timothy J. Fitzgerald , urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, L.L.P., Thomas E. Szykowny , and Michael Thomas , urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Insurance Institute.


LANZINGER, J.

{¶ 1} In this case, we are again asked to consider the language of an insurance policy. Specifically, the question is, Should ambiguity be determined only after the language at issue is examined in light of the overall context of the policy? We answer in the affirmative, i.e., that in determining whether a policy provision is ambiguous, courts must consider the context in which the specific language of the provision is...

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