Case Title: Beary v. Larry Murphy Dump Truck Serv., Inc.

Citation: 2012-Ohio-5626

Docket Number: 2011-1899

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 
Beary v. Larry Murphy Dump Truck Serv., Inc., Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-5626.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2012-OHIO-5626 
BEARY v. LARRY MURPHY DUMP TRUCK SERV., INC., ET AL. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets,  
it may be cited as Beary v. Larry Murphy Dump Truck Serv., Inc.,  
Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-5626.] 
(No. 2011-1899—Submitted December 4, 2012—Decided December 5, 2012. 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Stark County,  
No. 2011-CA-00048, 2011-Ohio-4977. 
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{¶ 1} Sua sponte, 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 the cause is remanded to the trial court to apply this court’s 
decision in Hewitt to determine whether the back-up alarm is “an equipment 
safety guard.” 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, 
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
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Young & Sucher, P.L.L., and Daniel M. Sucher, for appellant. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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Hanna, Campbell, & Powell, L.L.P., Kenneth A. Calderone, and John R. 
Chlysta, for appellees. 
Andrew Cooke & Assoc., L.L.C., Adam J. Bennett, and Andrew P. Cooke, 
Special Counsel for the Ohio Attorney General, for the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ 
Compensation. 
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