Lockhart v. American Reserve Insurance

This is . an appeal by defendant-appellant, American Reserve Insurance Co. (defendant), from a judgment of the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court awarding $12,500 to plaintiff-appellee, Herbert D. Lockhart (plaintiff), under terms of his insurance coverage with defendant.

The judgment is reversed and the case dismissed.

Plaintiff was injured and his motorcycle destroyed on May 15,1977, when he was struck at E. 93rd Street and Gibson Avenue by a car driven by an uninsured motorist. Plaintiff filed a claim with defendant insurance company. After plaintiff heard nothing from the company for some…