Ohio Supreme Court, 1998

State ex rel. Galich v. Youngstown Commt. on Alcohol

State ex rel. Galich v. Youngstown Commt. on Alcohol
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided August 5, 1998
1998 Ohio 201; 82 Ohio St. 3d 505

State ex rel. Galich v. Youngstown Commt. on Alcohol

Opinion

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 82 Ohio St.3d 505.]

THE STATE EX REL. GALICH, APPELLANT, v. YOUNGSTOWN COMMITTEE ON ALCOHOL; BUREAU OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ET AL., APPELLEES. [Cite as State ex rel. Galich v. Youngstown Commt. on Alcohol, 1998-Ohio-201.]

Workers’ compensation—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and State ex rel.

Gay relief ordered. (No. 96-1622—Submitted June 24, 1998—Decided August 5, 1998.)

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 95APD10-1277. __________________ Green, Haines, Sgambati, Murphy & Macala Co., L.P.A., Ronald E. Slipski and Steven L. Paulson, for appellant.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Dennis Rehor, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed. The cause is returned to the Industrial Commission for relief consistent with State ex rel. Gay v. Mihm (1994), 68 Ohio St.3d 315, 626 N.E.2d 666.

DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur.

MOYER, C.J., would reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and return the cause to the Industrial Commission for relief consistent with State ex rel. Noll v. Indus. Comm. (1991), 57 Ohio St.3d 203, 567 N.E.2d 245.

COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., dissent and would affirm the judgment of the court of appeals. __________________

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