Shields v. State Farm Insurance Group

This cause came on to be heard upon an appeal from the Common Pleas Court of Butler County, Ohio.

Appellant, Traci Machelle Shields, in her representative capacity as the ad-ministratrix with the will annexed (“w.w.a.”) of the estate of James Herman Hayes, deceased, commenced an action in the Common Pleas Court of Butler County, Ohio, against appellee, State Farm Insurance Group, the insurer, to recover damages for a fire loss to the decedent’s interest in a jointly owned residence. The carrier answered and moved for summary judgment. The trial court granted appellee’s motion for summary…