Furr v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Knepper, Judge.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas granting Reuben Furr judgment against Milwaukee Guardian Insurance Company (“Milwaukee”) in the total amount of $168,575, plus attorney fees in the amount of $71,075. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the trial court in part and reverse in part.

The pertinent, undisputed facts are as follows. On November 18, 1993, Levi Furr was involved in a one-car accident, wherein he was the passenger and Alyson Bond Wilson was the driver. Although there were no witnesses to the accident,…