Estate of Nord v. Motorists Mutual Insurance

Moyer, CJ.

{¶ 1} While a Cleveland emergency-medical-service ambulance transported Paul Nord to a hospital, a paramedic accidentally dropped a syringe, which struck Nord’s eye. Nord later died from unrelated causes. Nord was insured under an automobile policy issued by defendant-appellant, Motorists Mutual Insurance Company. Plaintiffs-appellees, Margaret Nord and the estate of Paul Nord, filed *367a complaint against appellant alleging that the uninsured-motorist coverage applied.1 The issue presented in this appeal is whether the uninsured-motorist provision in the automobile-insurance contract,…