Case Name: Taylor v. National Group of Companies, Inc. et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1992-12-11
Citations: 65 Ohio St. 3d 482
Docket Number: No. 91-2108
Parties: Taylor v. National Group of Companies, Inc. et al.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Sweeney, Douglas, H. Brown and Resnick, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 65
Pages: 482–483

Head Matter:
Taylor v. National Group of Companies, Inc. et al.
[Cite as Taylor v. Natl. Group of Cos., Inc. (1992), 65 Ohio St.3d 482.]
(No. 91-2108 —
Submitted November 9, 1992 —
Decided December 11, 1992.)
Bruce Comly French, for petitioner.
Manahdn, Pietrykowski, Bamman & DeLaney and Glenn E. Wasielewski; Hunt, Moritz & Johnson and Jerry M. Johnson, for respondents.

Opinion:
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division, has certified the following question to us:
"May the plaintiff demand a jury trial of her claims under § 4112.99, where the gravamen of the claim is discrimination on the basis of sex?"
The certified question is answered in the affirmative. See Elek v. Huntington Natl. Bank (1991), 60 Ohio St.3d 135, 573 N.E.2d 1056; and cf. Hoops v. United Tel. Co. of Ohio (1990), 50 Ohio St.3d 97, 553 N.E.2d 252.
Moyer, C.J., Sweeney, Douglas, H. Brown and Resnick, JJ., concur.
Holmes and Wright, JJ., concur separately.