Love v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

Close, Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment rendered in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in favor of defendants-appellees, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (“Nationwide”) and Western Reserve Mutual Insurance Company (“Western Reserve”).

The trial court determined that plaintiffs-appellants, Luann Terrill and Brenda Anderson, were not entitled to underinsured motorist coverage under their own automobile liability insurance policies because the underlying wrongful death claims had been settled and a full release had already been executed. On this basis, the trial court…