Staff v. State Farm Mutual Insurance

Harper, Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants, Joseph R. and Angela Staff, appeal from the denial of their motion to vacate an arbitration award and the granting of a motion to dismiss the underlying complaint of defendant-appellee, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (“State Farm”), in the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County. A careful review of appellants’ assignments of error and the record compels reversal in part of the trial court’s rulings.

On November 1, 1986, Mr. Staff was driving his motor vehicle on Route 84 in Mentor, Ohio. His wife was a passenger in the vehicle. The appellants’…