State ex rel. Butler v. Roadway Express, Inc.

Ohio Supreme Court
State ex rel. Butler v. Roadway Express, Inc., 2002 Ohio 2339 (Ohio 2002)
95 Ohio St. 3d 362

State ex rel. Butler v. Roadway Express, Inc.

Opinion

[This decision has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 95 Ohio St.3d 362.]

THE STATE EX REL. BUTLER, APPELLANT, v. ROADWAY EXPRESS, INC. ET AL., APPELLEES. [Cite as State ex rel. Butler v. Roadway Express, Inc., 2002-Ohio-2339.] Workers’ compensation—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and State ex rel. Gay relief ordered. (No. 2001-1175—Submitted April 9, 2002—Decided May 29, 2002.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 00AP-963. __________________ {¶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., COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., dissent. __________________ LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., dissenting. {¶2} I respectfully dissent and would affirm the judgment of the court of appeals. MOYER, C.J., and COOK, J., concur in the foregoing dissenting opinion. __________________ Butkovich, Schimpf, Schimpf & Ginocchio Co., L.P.A., James A. Whittaker and Stephen P. Gast, for appellant. Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, L.L.P., and Cynthia C. Felson, for appellee Roadway Express, Inc. Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Jeffrey B. Hartranft, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee Industrial Commission of Ohio. __________________

Reference

Status
Published
Syllabus
Workers' compensation—Court of appeals' judgment reversed and State ex rel. Gay relief ordered.