Case Name: The State, ex rel. Kabatek, Appellant, v. Stackhouse, Cuyahoga Co. Engineer, et al., Appellees
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1981-04-22
Citations: 66 Ohio St. 2d 64
Docket Number: No. 80-1404
Parties: The State, ex rel. Kabatek, Appellant, v. Stackhouse, Cuyahoga Co. Engineer, et al., Appellees.
Judges: Celebrezze, C. J., W. Brown, P. Brown, Sweeney, Locher, Holmes and C. Brown, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Second Series
Volume: 66
Pages: 64–65

Head Matter:
The State, ex rel. Kabatek, Appellant, v. Stackhouse, Cuyahoga Co. Engineer, et al., Appellees.
(No. 80-1404
Decided April 22, 1981.)
Mr. Robert D. Holmes, for appellant.
Mr. John T. Corrigan, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. Jeffrey Posner, for appellees.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The only issue before this court is whether appellant utilized the proper remedy to obtain back pay, benefits, and reinstatement allegedly due him from the layoff of October 21, 1977. Mandamus is the proper remedy under these facts. State, ex rel Hamlin, v. Collins (1981), 65 Ohio St. 2d 63; State, ex rel. Colangelo, v. McFaul (1980), 62 Ohio St. 2d 200; State, ex rel. Martin, v. Columbus (1979), 58 Ohio St. 2d 261; State, ex rel. Osborn, v. Jackson (1976), 46 Ohio St. 2d 41; State, ex rel. Dean, v. Huddle (1976), 45 Ohio St. 2d 234; Monaghan v. Richley (1972), 32 Ohio St. 2d 190.
The layoff of appellant on July 6, 1979, and any pending court actions resulting from that layoff, do not have a direct impact on the propriety of mandamus resulting from the layoff of October 21,1977. Thus, the pending action was improperly considered by the Court of Appeals.
Appellees' allegation that appellant retired retroactively to November 1,1977, is a factual question to be decided by the Court of Appeals and can be taken into consideration in the granting of back pay, if any, due to appellant.
For the foregoing reason, the judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings.
Judgment reversed and cause remanded.
Celebrezze, C. J., W. Brown, P. Brown, Sweeney, Locher, Holmes and C. Brown, JJ., concur.