Ohio Supreme Court· 11/5/2003

Westfield Insurance v. Galatis

Citations

100 Ohio St. 3d 216
797 N.E.2d 1256

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

holding that only employees acting within the scope of their employment are covered when a policy lists a corporation as a named insured
instructing that a court look only at the writing itself to determine the intent of the parties when language of the contract is clear
overruling Ezawa v. Yasuda Fire & Marine Ins. Co. of Am., 86 Ohio St.3d 557, 715 N.E.2d 1142 (1999)
overruling Ezawa v. Yasuda Fire & Marine Ins. Co. of Am., 715 N.E.2d 1142 (Ohio 1999)
applying the rule only when the parties have unequal bargaining power
the provision in a policy describing insureds to include family members is simply inappo-site when the policyholder is a corporation

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Judges: Connor, Cook, Degenaro, Moyer, Pfeifer, Resnick, Seventh, Stratton, Sweeney

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