Case Name: The State ex rel. Vazquez, Appellant, v. Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas et al., Appellees
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2009-04-07
Citations: 121 Ohio St. 3d 358
Docket Number: No. 2007-2383
Parties: The State ex rel. Vazquez, Appellant, v. Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas et al., Appellees.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, O’Connor, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 121
Pages: 358–359

Head Matter:
The State ex rel. Vazquez, Appellant, v. Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas et al., Appellees.
[Cite as State ex rel. Vazquez v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of Common Pleas, 121 Ohio St.3d 358, 2009-Ohio-1498.]
(No. 2007-2383 —
Submitted March 25, 2009 —
Decided April 7, 2009.)
Shapiro, Marnecheck & Reimer, Philip A. Marnecheck, and Matthew A. Palnik, for appellant.
William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Frederick W. Whatley, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellees.
Richard Cordray, Attorney General, Benjamin C. Mizer, Solicitor General, and Elise Porter, Assistant Solicitor, urging reversal for amicus curiae, state of Ohio.

Opinion:
{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Thorton v. Montville Plastics & Rubber, Inc., 121 Ohio St.3d 124, 2009-Ohio-360, 902 N.E.2d 482, and a writ of prohibition preventing appellees from proceeding on appellant's dismissed complaint is granted.
Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, O'Connor, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Lundberg Stratton and O'Donnell, JJ., dissent for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion in Thorton v. Montville Plastics & Rubber, Inc., 121 Ohio St.3d 124, 2009-0hio-360, 902 N.E.2d 482.