[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 85 Ohio St.3d 1213.]

TAKACH, APPELLANT, v. AMERICAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. ET AL., APPELLEES. [Cite as Takach v. Am. Med. Technology, Inc., 1999-Ohio-406.]

Appeal dismissed as improvidently allowed. (No. 98-1020—Submitted March 30, 1999—Decided May 12, 1999.)

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 72247. __________________ Lancione & Simon, P.L.L., Ellen S. Simon, Cathleen M. Bolek and Christopher P. Thorman, for appellant.

Walter & Haverfield, P.L.L., Michael T. McMenamin, Nancy A. Noall and Vincent L. Cheverine, for appellees.

Louis A. Jacobs; Spater, Gittes, Schulte & Kolman and Frederick M. Gittes, urging reversal for amici curiae, Ohio Employment Lawyers Association, Committee Against Sexual Harassment, Ohio Chapter of the National Organization of Women, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, Ohio Civil Rights Coalition, NOW Legal & Education Fund, and Ohio Citizen Action. __________________ {¶ 1} The appeal is dismissed, sua sponte, as having been improvidently allowed.

MOYER, C.J., RESNICK, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.

DOUGLAS, J., dissents.

F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., dissent and would reverse the judgment of the court of appeals. __________________