Shallenberger v. Motorists Mutual Ins.

This is an action at law to recover from the defendant damages alleged to have resulted from fraudulent representations by the defendant which induced the plaintiff to release a claim. The released claim was for personal injuries to the plaintiff alleged to have been proximately caused by the negligence of a person insured by the defendant against liability for injuries so caused. The person so insured, herein referred to as the insured, has not been made a party to the action.

In Picklesimer v. Baltimore & Ohio Rd. Co., 84 Ohio App., 11, 84 N. E. (2d), 767, the Court of Appeals held that an…