Lynch v. Hawkins

Pietrykowski, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment of the Huron County Court of Common Pleas granting the appellee insurer summary judgment in an underinsured-motorist (“UM”) claim based upon the failure of the appellant policyholder to institute suit on the claim within a three-year contractual limitations period. Appellant is Keith A. Lynch. Lynch was involved in a motor vehicle collision with Donald E. Hawkins Jr. on Benedict Avenue in the city of Norwalk, Huron County, on June 4, 2003.

{¶ 2} At the time of the collision, Lynch held an automobile insurance policy issued…