Motorists Mutual Insurance Companies v. Handlovic

In Universal Underwriters Ins. Co. v. Shuff (1981), 67 Ohio St. 2d 172 [21 O.O.3d 108], this court held in the syllabus:

“An insured who seeks to recover damages from his insurer under an uninsured motorist policy and is unsuccessful after a trial on the merits and a jury verdict, may not thereafter submit to arbitration the issue of the liability of the uninsured motorist. (R.C. 3937.18, applied.)”

Appellants contend that Shuff can be distinguished from the instant case because Motorists, unlike the insurance company in Shuff, was not named as a party in the insureds’ action against the…