Ruby v. Ohio Casualty Insurance

The general issue on this appeal is whether the defendant auto dealer and its insurer are entitled to summary judgment. Two subordinate questions are presented:

First, is an issue of fact raised as to whether a principal-agent relationship existed between Hendricks Motors and Euby at the time of the accident?

Although summary judgment is a drastic remedy 1 we have held that on summary judgment:

“. . . if the material facts are not in dispute and if the inferences which may reasonably be drawn from the facts are not doubtful and lead to only one conclusion, then only a matter of law is presented…