Title: Swartz v. Householder

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
Swartz v. Householder, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-5817.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2016-OHIO-5817 
SWARTZ, APPELLEE, v. HOUSEHOLDER ET AL., APPELLANTS. 
SHANNON ET AL., APPELLEES, V. HOUSEHOLDER ET AL., APPELLANTS. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as Swartz v. Householder, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-5817.] 
Court of appeals’ judgments reversed on the authority of Corban v. Chesapeake 
Exploration, L.L.C., and Walker v. Shondrick-Nau. 
(Nos. 2014-1208 and 2014-1209—Submitted August 31, 2016—Decided 
September 15, 2016.) 
APPEALS from the Court of Appeals for Jefferson County, 
Nos. 13 JE 24 and 13 JE 25, 2014-Ohio-2359. 
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{¶ 1} The judgments of the court of appeals are reversed on the authority of 
Corban v. Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2016-Ohio-5796, 
___ N.E.3d ___, and Walker v. Shondrick-Nau, ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2016-Ohio-
5793, ___ N.E.3d ___. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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O’CONNOR, C.J., and O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, KENNEDY, and FRENCH, JJ., 
concur. 
PFEIFER and O’NEILL, JJ., dissent. 
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Critchfield, Critchfield & Johnston, Ltd., Steven J. Shrock, and Clinton 
Bailey, for appellees. 
 
Burton Law, L.L.C., and Robert L. Guehl, for appellants. 
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