Case Title: Beyer v. Rieter Automotive N. Am., Inc.

Citation: 2012-Ohio-5627

Docket Number: 2012-1283

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2012-12-05T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
Beyer v. Rieter Automotive N. Am., Inc., Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-5627.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2012-OHIO-5627 
BEYER ET AL. v. RIETER AUTOMOTIVE NORTH AMERICAN, INC. , ET AL. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets,  
it may be cited as Beyer v. Rieter Automotive N. Am., Inc.,  
Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-5627.] 
(No. 2012-1283—Submitted December 4, 2012—Decided December 5, 2012. 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Lucas County,  
No. L-11-1110, 2012-Ohio-2807. 
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{¶ 1} The discretionary appeal and cross-appeal are accepted.  The 
judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Hewitt v. L.E. 
Meyers, ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2012-Ohio-5317, ___ N.E.2d ___, and judgment is 
entered in favor of Rieter Automotive. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, 
CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
PFEIFER, J., dissents and would affirm the judgment of the court of 
appeals. 
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SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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Spitler & Williams-Young Co., L.P.A., Marc G. Williams-Young, and 
Elaine B. Szuch, for appellees. 
Weston Hurd L.L.P., Shawn W. Maestle, and Jeffrey L. Tasse, for 
appellants. 
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