Case Title: Eighmey v. Cleveland

Citation: 2022-Ohio-4729

Docket Number: 2020-0677

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2022-12-30T00:00:00Z

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
Eighmey v. Cleveland, Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-4729.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2022-OHIO-4729 
EIGHMEY, APPELLEE, ET AL., v. THE CITY OF CLEVELAND, APPELLANT. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as Eighmey v. Cleveland, Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-4729.] 
Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of Lycan v. Cleveland. 
(No. 2020-0677―Submitted December 23, 2022―Decided December 30, 2022.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, 
No. 108540, 2020-Ohio-1500. 
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{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of 
Lycan v. Cleveland, __ Ohio St.3d __, 2022-Ohio-4676, __ N.E.3d __. 
KENNEDY, DEWINE, STEWART, and BRUNNER, JJ., concur. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and DONNELLY, J., dissent for the reasons set forth in 
Chief Justice O’Connor’s dissenting opinion in Lycan. 
FISCHER, J., dissents and would order briefing. 
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SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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Dworken & Bernstein Co., L.P.A., Patrick J. Perotti, and Frank A. Bartela, 
for appellee, Allyson Eighmey. 
Mark D. Griffin, Cleveland Director of Law, and Craig J. Morice, Assistant 
Director of Law, for appellant. 
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