Berleman v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

This cause came on to be heard upon the appeals, the transcript of the docket, journal entries and original papers from the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, the assignments of error, the briefs and arguments of counsel. The appeals were consolidated for purposes of briefing, hearing and decision.

On November 1, 1986, Phillip G. Russo, an uninsured motorist, was operating a motor vehicle in which Lana Berleman’s son was a passenger. The automobile was involved in an accident and Rodney Scott Bethel, the son of Lana Berleman and John Bethel, sustained fatal injuries. Prior to his death,…