Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-04-03 13:07:43.232409+00
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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as
McDermott v. Ohio State Univ., Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1227.]

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                         SLIP OPINION NO. 2024-OHIO-1227
      MCDERMOTT, APPELLEE, v. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, APPELLANT.
  [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it
       may be cited as McDermott v. Ohio State Univ., Slip Opinion No.
                                   2024-Ohio-1227.]
Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of Smith v. Ohio State Univ.
                and cause remanded.
      (No. 2023-0202―Submitted March 26, 2024―Decided April 3, 2024.)
              APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County,
                           No. 22AP-76, 2022-Ohio-4780.
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        {¶ 1} The judgment of the Tenth District Court of Appeals is reversed on
the authority of Smith v. Ohio State Univ., __ Ohio St.3d __, 2024-Ohio-764, __
N.E.3d __, and the cause is remanded to that court for it to determine whether
discretionary immunity applies in this case.
        KENNEDY, C.J., and FISCHER, DEWINE, and DETERS, JJ., concur.
        STEWART, J., concurs based only on stare decisis.
                           SUPREME COURT OF OHIO

       DONNELLY and BRUNNER, JJ., dissent for the reasons set forth in Justice
Brunner’s dissenting opinion in Smith.
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       Merriman Legando Williams & Klang, L.L.C., Drew Legando, Tom
Merriman, and Edward S. Jerse, for appellee, Morgan McDermott.
       Squire Patton Boggs (U.S.), L.L.P., John R. Gall, Traci L. Martinez,
Christopher F. Haas, E. Joseph D’Andrea, Elizabeth P. Helpling, and Roger M.
Gold, for appellant.
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