Case Name: Dougherty, Appellant, v. Torrence, Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1984-04-18
Citations: 10 Ohio St. 3d 139
Docket Number: No. 83-795
Parties: Dougherty, Appellant, v. Torrence, Appellee.
Judges: Celebrezze, C.J., W. Brown, Sweeney, Locher, C. Brown and J. P. Celebrezze, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 10
Pages: 139–141

Head Matter:
Dougherty, Appellant, v. Torrence, Appellee.
[Cite as as Dougherty v. Torrence (1984), 10 Ohio St. 3d 139.]
(No. 83-795
Decided April 18, 1984.)
Gustin & Lawrence Co., L.P.A., Mr. James W. Gustin and Mr. Kevin Jones, for appellee.
Mr. Wendall Sullivan, Mr. Joseph M. Fischer and Mr. John P. Scahill, for appellant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
In Dougherty I, this court issued a clear directive on remand to the court of appeals. Although the lower court is technically correct in that appellant had originally briefed only one assignment of error, we specifically ordered a consideration of the issue of whether the operation of a personal vehicle precludes R.C. 701.02 immunity status. An inferior court has no discretion to disregard the clear mandate of a superior court. State, ex rel. Potain, v. Mathews (1979), 59 Ohio St. 2d 29, 32 [13 O.O.3d 17]. See, also, Brown v. Borchers Ford, Inc. (1978), 53 Ohio St. 2d 171 [7 O.O.3d 319].
We therefore repeat our directive to the court of appeals to consider the issue of whether R.C. 701.02 immunity attaches when the fireman is operating his personal vehicle on the way to the firehouse in response to an emergency call, on the arguments as briefed in that court originally.
Judgment accordingly.
Celebrezze, C.J., W. Brown, Sweeney, Locher, C. Brown and J. P. Celebrezze, JJ., concur.
Holmes, J., concurs in judgment only.