Bigelow v. Am. Family Ins. Co. (Slip Opinion)

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as
Bigelow v. Am. Family Ins. Co., Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-1135.]
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2016-OHIO-1135BIGELOW, APPELLEE, v. AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE COMPANY,
APPELLANT.
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it
may be cited as Bigelow v. Am. Family Ins. Co., Slip Opinion No.
2016-Ohio-1135.]
Consumer Sales Practices Act—Application of Act to insurance companies—
Judgment vacated and cause remanded for application of Dillon v. Farmers
Ins. of Columbus, Inc.
(No. 2014-1413—Submitted January 6, 2016—Decided March 23, 2016.)
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Coshocton County,
No. 2013CA24, 2014-Ohio-2945.
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{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is vacated, and the cause is
remanded to the court of appeals for application of Dillon v. Farmers Ins. of
Columbus, Inc., ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2015-Ohio-5407, ___ N.E.3d ___.
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, KENNEDY, and
FRENCH, JJ., concur.
O’NEILL, J., dissents.
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Pomerene, Burns & Skelton, and James R. Skelton, for appellee.
Frost & Maddox Co., L.P.A., and Mark S. Maddox, for appellant.
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