Case Title: Gatlin v. Stark Cty. Bd. of Mental Retardation & Dev. Disabilities

Citation: 1995-Ohio-90

Docket Number: 19932498

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1995-10-18T00:00:00Z

Document:
GATLIN, APPELLEE, v. STARK COUNTY BOARD OF MENTAL RETARDATION & 
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, APPELLANT. 
[Cite as Gatlin v. Stark Cty. Bd. of Mental Retardation & Dev. Disabilities (1995), 
___ Ohio St.3d ___.] 
Employment relations — Race and handicap discrimination — R.C. 4112.99 is a 
remedial statute and is subject to R.C. 2305.07's six-year limitation period. 
 
(No. 93-2498 — Submitted September 27, 1995 — Decided October 18, 
1995.) 
 
CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Stark County, No. CA-9274. 
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Vincent Gatlin, pro se. 
 
Robert D. Horowitz, Stark County Prosecuting Attorney, David A. Thorley, 
Assistant Chief, Civil Division, and Kristen Bates Aylward, Assistant Prosecuting 
Attorney, for appellant. 
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The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed for the reasons stated in 
Cosgrove v. Williamsburg of Cincinnati Mgt. Co., Inc. (1994), 70 Ohio St.3d 281, 
638 N.E.2d 991. 
 
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MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER and COOK, JJ., 
concur. 
 
WRIGHT, J., dissents.