Legal Opinion
John Harold Wolfe v. Continental Casualty Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 6, 1981No. 78-3385PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge.
The issue in this diversity case is whether Ohio law permits an action to be maintained in contract by an insured against his insurer to recover an amount in excess of policy limits when such an action has traditionally been regarded as sounding in tort.
The lawsuit was originally filed in 1973 by John Harold Wolfe and his wife, Dorothy Wolfe, alleging a breach of duties owed them by Continental Casualty Company under an automobile liability policy in connection with an automobile accident that occurred in 1956. The Wolfe’s sixteen year old son, John Wolfe, was…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Comunale v. Traders & General InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1958
- Gray v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Peter L. Battista, Jr. v. Lebanon Trotting Association, and John J. Carlo, Peter L. Battista, Jr. v. Lebanon Trotting Association, and John J. CarloCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
- Commercial Union Assurance Companies v. Safeway Stores, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1980
- Andrianos v. Community Traction Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1951
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3Cited by84 opinions
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- Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. v. General Electric Co.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1986
- Resource Title Agency, Inc. v. Morreale Real Estate Services, Inc.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 2004
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