Coe v. Grange Mutual Casualty Co., E-06-057 (6-8-2007)

DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY

{¶ 1} Appellant appeals summary judgments issued by the Erie County Court of Common Pleas to an insurer and its agent on bad faith and fraud allegations arising out of an underinsured motorist claim. For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

{¶ 2} Appellant is Shelley Coe, administrator of the estate of Wanda Moffit. On June 19, 1999, Wanda Moffit was seriously injured when the car in which she was a passenger crashed while attempting to pass a pickup truck at an intersection. Paralyzed and on a ventilator, Moffit survived for three months,…