Case Title: State ex rel. Butler v. Roadway Express, Inc.

Citation: 2002-Ohio-2339

Docket Number: 20011175

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2002-05-29T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Cite as State ex rel. Butler v. Roadway Express, Inc., 95 Ohio St.3d 362, 2002-Ohio-2339.] 
 
 
THE STATE EX REL. BUTLER, APPELLANT, v. ROADWAY EXPRESS, INC. ET AL., 
APPELLEES. 
[Cite as State ex rel. Butler v. Roadway Express, Inc., 95 Ohio St.3d 362, 2002-
Ohio-2339.] 
Workers’ compensation — Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and State ex rel. Gay 
relief ordered. 
(No. 2001-1175 — Submitted April 9, 2002 — Decided May 29, 2002.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 00AP-963. 
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{¶1} 
The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed.  The cause is 
returned 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, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur. 
 
MOYER, C.J., COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., dissent. 
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LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., dissenting. 
{¶2} 
I respectfully dissent and would affirm the judgment of the court of 
appeals. 
 
MOYER, C.J., and COOK, J., concur in the foregoing dissenting opinion. 
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Butkovich, Schimpf, Schimpf & Ginocchio Co., L.P.A., James A. Whittaker 
and Stephen P. Gast, for appellant. 
 
Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, L.L.P., and Cynthia C. Felson, for appellee 
Roadway Express, Inc. 
 
Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Jeffrey B. Hartranft, Assistant 
Attorney General, for appellee Industrial Commission of Ohio. 
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