State ex Rel. Light v. Indus. Comm

Full title: The State ex rel. Light, Appellant, v. Industrial Commission of Ohio…

Court: Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Jan 10, 2001

739 N.E.2d 1156 (Ohio 2001)

739 N.E.2d 1156

Opinion

No. 00-677.

Submitted November 14, 2000.

Decided January 10, 2001.

Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 99AP-722.

Butkovich, Schimpf, Schimpf Ginocchio Co., L.P.A., and James A. Whittaker, for appellant.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Thomas L. Reitz, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed consistent with the opinion of the court of appeals.

Moyer, C.J., F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.

Douglas and Resnick, JJ., dissent.

Alice Robie Resnick, J., dissenting.

I would reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and return the cause 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, J., concurs in the foregoing dissenting opinion.