Case Title: Turk v. Trolley Tours of Cleveland, Inc.

Citation: 1994-Ohio-34

Docket Number: 19932019

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1995-07-26T00:00:00Z

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Turk et al., Appellants, v. Trolley Tours of Cleveland, Inc.,                    
dba Lolly The Trolley, et al., Appellees.                                        
[Cite as Turk v. Trolley Tours of Cleveland, Inc. (1994),                        
Ohio St.3d    .]                                                                 
Torts -- Damages -- Collateral benefits -- R.C. 2317.45                          
     violates Sections 2, 5 and 16, Article I of the Ohio                        
     Constitution, and is unconstitutional in toto.                              
     (No. 93-2019 -- Submitted January 12, 1994 -- Decided June                  
1, 1994.)                                                                        
     Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, Nos.                  
62964 and 63087.                                                                 
                                                                                 
     Spangenberg, Shibley, Traci, Lancione & Liber, Donald P.                    
Traci and James A. Marx, for appellants.                                         
     Richard R. Kuepper, for appellee Trolley Tours of                           
Cleveland, Inc.                                                                  
     Arter & Hadden, Irene C. Keyse-Walker, James A. Laurenson                   
and Kathleen G. Dus, for appellee Dallas & Mavis Forwarding                      
Company.                                                                         
                                                                                 
     The judgment is reversed as to Propositions of Law I and                    
II and the cause is remanded to the trial court on authority of                  
Sorrell v. Thevenir (1994),     Ohio St.3d    ,     N.E.2d    ,                  
decided today.                                                                   
     A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer,                   
JJ., concur.                                                                     
     Moyer, C.J., and Wright, J., dissent.