Case Name: Burlingame, Appellee, v. Estate of Burlingame et al., Appellees; Coombs et al., Appellants
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2012-12-06
Citations: 134 Ohio St. 3d 490
Docket Number: No. 2011-0742
Parties: Burlingame, Appellee, v. Estate of Burlingame et al., Appellees; Coombs et al., Appellants.
Judges: O’Connor, C.J., and Lundberg Stratton, O’Donnell, Lanzinger, Cupp, and McGee Brown, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 134
Pages: 490–491

Head Matter:
Burlingame, Appellee, v. Estate of Burlingame et al., Appellees; Coombs et al., Appellants.
[Cite as Burlingame v. Estate of Burlingame, 134 Ohio St.3d 490, 2012-Ohio-5698.]
(No. 2011-0742
Submitted December 4, 2012
Decided December 6, 2012.)
Elizabeth Burick, for appellee Grace Burlingame.
Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, L.L.P., and Orville R. Reed III; and Thomas J. Lombardi, for appellee Eva Finley, Administrator of the Estate of Dale Burlingame.
Kevin R. L’Hommedieu, Canton Chief Counsel, and Kristen Bates Aylward, Assistant Law Director, for appellants city of Canton and James R. Coombs.
Schottenstein Zox & Dunn Co., L.P.A., Stephen L. Byron, Rebecca K. Schaltenbrand, and Stephen J. Smith; and Ohio Municipal League and John Gotherman, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Municipal League.

Opinion:
{¶ 1} Sua sponte, the judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Anderson v. Massillon, 134 Ohio St.3d 380, 2012-Ohio-5711, 983 N.E.2d 266, and the cause is remanded to the court of appeals for further proceedings consistent with this court's opinion in Anderson v. Massillon.
O'Connor, C.J., and Lundberg Stratton, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, Cupp, and McGee Brown, JJ., concur.
Pfeifer, J., dissents and would affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.
Landskroner, Grieco & Merriman, L.L.C., and Drew Legando, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Association for Justice.
Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., and John T. Murray, urging affirmance for amici curiae John Huffman and Olivia Duty.