Case Title: Copper v. Buckeye Steel Castings

Citation: 1993-Ohio-117

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State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1993-11-10T00:00:00Z

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Copper v. Buckeye Steel Castings et al.                                          
[Cite as Copper v. Buckeye Steel Castings (1993),     Ohio                       
St.3d    .]                                                                      
Supreme Court declines to answer certified question of state                     
     law, when-- Factually specific in nature.                                   
     (No. 93-349 -- Submitted September 29, 1993 -- Decided                      
November 10, 1993.)                                                              
     On Order from the United States Court of Appeals for the                    
Sixth Circuit Certifying a Question of State Law, No. 92-3002.                   
                                                                                 
     Brenda B. Alleman, for petitioner.                                          
     Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Jonathan M. Norman and                       
Andrew C. Smith, for respondents.                                                
                                                                                 
     The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit                    
has certified the following question to us:                                      
     "Whether an employer's discharge of an employee for                         
failing to file request for leave forms pursuant to an                           
established medical leave policy violated Ohio Rev. Code {                       
4123.90 where the employer is aware that the employee's                          
work-related injury was the cause of his continued absence from                  
work."                                                                           
     The court declines to answer the question pursuant to                       
S.Ct.R.Prac. XVI(9) because it is not appropriate for this                       
court to answer certified questions of state law that are so                     
factually specific in nature.                                                    
     Moyer, C.J., A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Wright,  Resnick, F.E.                  
Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.