Case Title: Smith v. Inland Paperboard & Packaging, Inc.

Citation: 2010-Ohio-3133

Docket Number: 20091471 and 20091546

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2010-07-08T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
Smith v. Inland Paperboard & Packaging, Inc., Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-3133.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2010-OHIO-3133 
SMITH, APPELLANT, ET AL., v. INLAND PAPERBOARD & PACKAGING, INC.,  
ET AL., APPELLEES. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as Smith v. Inland Paperboard & Packaging, Inc.,  
Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-3133.] 
Certified question answered in the affirmative and judgment of the court of 
appeals affirmed on the authority of Kaminski v. Metal & Wire Prods. Co. 
and Stetter v. R.J. Corman Derailment Servs., L.L.C. 
(Nos. 2009-1471 and 2009-1546 — Submitted March 31, 2010 — Decided 
 July 8, 2010.) 
CERTIFIED by and APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Portage County,  
No. 2008-P-0072, 2009-Ohio-3148. 
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{¶ 1} The certified question is answered in the affirmative and the 
judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of Kaminski v. Metal 
& Wire Prods. Co., 125 Ohio St.3d 250, 2010-Ohio-1027, 927 N.E.2d 1066, and 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
2 
 
Stetter v. R.J. Corman Derailment Servs., L.L.C., 125 Ohio St.3d 280, 2010-Ohio-
1029, 927 N.E.2d 1092. 
{¶ 2} Appellant’s motion for full briefing and argument or, in the 
alternative, for remand is denied. 
 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’CONNOR, O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, 
JJ., concur. 
 
PFEIFER, J., dissents for the reasons stated in his dissenting opinions in 
Kaminski v. Metal & Wire Prods. Co. and R.J. Corman Derailment Servs. 
 
BROWN, C.J., not participating. 
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Paul W. Flowers Co., L.P.A., and Paul W. Flowers; and Webster, Dubyak 
& Weyls Co., L.P.A., and John R. Liber II, for appellant. 
Kastner, Westman & Wilkins, L.L.C., Keith L. Pryatel, and Thomas Evan 
Green, for appellees. 
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