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holding that a Greeley claim was stated where a complaint alleged an act which, "if proven to be true, would constitute conduct on the part of the defendants which violates the public policy of this state"
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No. 94-909
Submitted August 31, 1994 —
Decided October 12, 1994.
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, No. C-920941.
Katz, Greenberger Norton and Stephen A. Imm, for appellant.
Martin, Bailey MacDonald and Stephen A. Bailey, for appellees.
The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed. Plaintiff's allegation that he was fired as a result of having testified truthfully, albeit unfavorably to the defendants, if proven to be true, would constitute conduct on the part of the defendants which violates the public policy of this state. This cause is remanded to the trial court to apply Painter v. Graley (1994), 70 Ohio St.3d 377, 639 N.E.2d 51.
MOYER, C.J., A.W. SWEENEY, WRIGHT, RESNICK and PFEIFER, JJ., concur.
DOUGLAS, J., dissents.
F.E. SWEENEY, J., not participating.