Case Title: Thompson v. Custer

Citation: 2016-Ohio-5823

Docket Number: 2015-0195

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2016-09-15T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
Thompson v. Custer, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-5823.] 
 
 
 
NOTICE 
This slip opinion is subject to formal revision before it is published in an 
advance sheet of the Ohio Official Reports.  Readers are requested to 
promptly notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of Ohio, 65 
South Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, of any typographical or other 
formal errors in the opinion, in order that corrections may be made before 
the opinion is published. 
 
 
SLIP OPINION NO. 2016-OHIO-5823 
THOMPSON ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. CUSTER ET AL., APPELLEES. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as Thompson v. Custer, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-5823.] 
Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of Corban v. Chesapeake 
Exploration, L.L.C., and Walker v. Shondrick-Nau. 
(No. 2015-0195—Submitted August 31, 2016—Decided September 15, 2016.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Trumbull County, 
No. 2014-T-0052, 2014-Ohio-5711. 
__________________ 
{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of 
Corban v. Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2016-Ohio-5796, 
___ N.E.3d ___, and Walker v. Shondrick-Nau, ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2016-Ohio-
5793, ___ N.E.3d ___. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, KENNEDY, and FRENCH, 
JJ., concur. 
PFEIFER and O’NEILL, JJ., dissent. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
2
_________________ 
 
Guarnieri & Secrest, P.L.L., and Michael D. Rossi; and The Law Offices of 
Marty D. Nosich, L.L.C, and Marty D. Nosich, for appellants. 
 
Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., L.P.A., Gregory W. Watts, 
Matthew W. Onest, and William G. Williams, for appellees Nathan J. Custer, 
Noelle M. Custer, and BP America Production Company. 
_________________