Gillette v. Estate of Gillette

Klatt, Judge.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, Joyce Gillette, appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment to defendantappellee Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (“Nationwide”). For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.

{¶ 2} On April 23, 2003, Joseph M. Gillette was driving his 1996 Ford Aerostar east on U.S. 62 in Licking County, Ohio, when he lost control' of the minivan and drove it off the roadway, where it struck a culvert and flipped onto its side. Appellant, Joseph’s wife, was a passenger in the minivan when it crashed, and she was…