Case Title: Ohio State Chiropractic Assn. v. Ohio Bur. of Workers' Comp.

Citation: 1995-Ohio-74

Docket Number: 19941046

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1995-07-12T00:00:00Z

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Ohio State Chiropractic Association et al., Appellants, v. Ohio                  
Bureau of Workers' Compensation et al., Appellees.                               
[Cite as Ohio State Chiropractic Assn. v. Ohio Bur. of Workers'                  
Comp. (1995),     Ohio St.3d    .                                                
Civil procedure -- Trial court has authority under R.C. 2721.09                  
     to assess attorney fees based on a declaratory judgment issued              
     by the court -- Determination to grant or deny request for fees             
     will not be disturbed, absent an abuse of discretion.                       
     (No. 94-1046 -- Submitted May 10, 1995 -- Decided July 12,                  
1995.)                                                                           
     Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No.                   
93AP-866.                                                                        
                                                                                 
     Karr & Sherman Co., L.P.A., Keith M. Karr and Robert P.                     
Sherman, for appellants.                                                         
     Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Dennis L. Hufstader,             
Assistant Attorney General, for appellees.                                       
                                                                                 
     The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed, and the cause             
is remanded to the trial court to apply Motorists Mut. Ins. Co. v.               
Brandenburg (1995), 72 Ohio St.3d 157, 648 N.E.2d 488.                           
     Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick and F.E. Sweeney, JJ., concur.                
     Pfeifer, J., concurs in part and dissents in part.                          
     Wright and Cook, JJ., dissent.                                              
     Pfeifer, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part.  I                  
concur that Motorists Mut. Ins. Co. v. Brandenburg (1995), 72 Ohio               
St.3d 157, 648 N.E.2d 488, controls this case.  I dissent from the               
majority's decision to remand -- we should have found that attorney              
fees are inappropriate and ended the matter in this court.                       
     Wright, J., dissenting.  For the reasons stated in Justice                  
Cook's dissenting opinion in Motorists Mut. Ins. Co. v. Brandenburg              
(1995), 72 Ohio St.3d 157, 648 N.E.2d 488, which I joined, I                     
respectfully dissent.                                                            
     Cook, J., concurs in the foreing dissenting opinion.