Clements v. Progressive Specialty, Unpublished Decision (7-8-2004)

JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Progressive Specialty Insurance Company ("Progressive"), appeals the judgment of the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court denying its motion for a protective order and ordering Progressive to disclose the address of its insured. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

{¶ 2} On January 6, 2002, plaintiffs-appellees, Dennis Clements and Kathleen Lamorte, were traveling by motor vehicle on Interstate 75 in Tennessee when they were struck by a motor vehicle operated by Progressive's insured, Duane Rife ("Rife"). Apparently Rife gave a copy of his…