Opinion
No. 86-1472
Decided May 20, 1987.
Appellate procedure — Sua sponte dismissal of appeal because appellants' brief was not filed within the time granted by an extension — Denial of motion for reconsideration — Court abuses its discretion, when.
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Crawford County.
Joseph H. Weiss, Jr. and Richard J. Makowski, for appellants.
Debra Garverick, law director, and James L. Hoover, for appellee city of Galion et al.
E. Richard Hottenroth, for appellees Paulette Ritchey Boehm and Kenneth E. Durtsche, in their individual capacities.
This cause, on appeal from the court of appeals (case No. 3-86-11), is reversed on authority of DeHart v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. (1982), 69 Ohio St.2d 189, 23 O.O. 3d 210, 431 N.E.2d 644; Reichert v. Ingersoll (1985), 18 Ohio St.3d 220, 222-223, 18 OBR 281, 282-283, 480 N.E.2d 802, 804-805; Hawkins v. Marion Correctional Institute (1986), 28 Ohio St.3d 4, 28 OBR 3, 501 N.E.2d 1195; State v. Newcome (1986), 28 Ohio St.3d 7, 28 OBR 5, 501 N.E.2d 1197; National Mut. Ins. Co. v. Papenhagen (1987), 30 Ohio St.3d 14, 30 OBR 21, 505 N.E.2d 980, and the appeal is reinstated.
MOYER, C.J., SWEENEY, LOCHER, HOLMES, DOUGLAS, WRIGHT and H. BROWN, JJ., concur.