Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2014-08-01 21:17:13.477514+00
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[Cite as Morrin v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., 121 Ohio St.3d 359, 2009-Ohio-1499.]

  MORRIN, APPELLEE, v. DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION, APPELLANT, ET
   AL; ADMINISTRATOR, BUREAU OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION, APPELLEE.

                     [Cite as Morrin v. DaimlerChrysler Corp.,
                        121 Ohio St.3d 359, 2009-Ohio-1499.]
Judgment of the court of appeals affirmed.
    (No. 2008-0277 — Submitted March 25, 2009 — Decided April 7, 2009.)
                APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Lucas County,
                           No. L-07-1173, 2007-Ohio-6888.
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        {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority
of Thorton v. Montville Plastics & Rubber, Inc., 121 Ohio St.3d 124, 2009-Ohio-
360, 902 N.E.2d 482.
        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-Ohio-390, 902 N.E.2d 482.
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        Eastman & Smith, Ltd., Thomas J. Gibney, and Sarah E. Pawlicki, for
appellant.
        Richard Cordray, Attorney General, Benjamin C. Mizer, Solicitor General,
Elise Porter, Assistant Solicitor, and Joshua W. Lanzinger, Assistant Attorney
General, for appellee Administrator, Bureau of Workers’ Compensation.
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