Eighmey v. Cleveland

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as
Eighmey v. Cleveland, Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-4729.]
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2022-OHIO-4729EIGHMEY, APPELLEE, ET AL., v. THE CITY OF CLEVELAND, APPELLANT.
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it
may be cited as Eighmey v. Cleveland, Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-4729.]
Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of Lycan v. Cleveland.
(No. 2020-0677―Submitted December 23, 2022―Decided December 30, 2022.)
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County,
No. 108540, 2020-Ohio-1500.
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{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of
Lycan v. Cleveland, __ Ohio St.3d __, 2022-Ohio-4676, __ N.E.3d __.
KENNEDY, DEWINE, STEWART, and BRUNNER, JJ., concur.
O’CONNOR, C.J., and DONNELLY, J., dissent for the reasons set forth in
Chief Justice O’Connor’s dissenting opinion in Lycan.
FISCHER, J., dissents and would order briefing.
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SUPREME COURT OF OHIO
Dworken & Bernstein Co., L.P.A., Patrick J. Perotti, and Frank A. Bartela,
for appellee, Allyson Eighmey.
Mark D. Griffin, Cleveland Director of Law, and Craig J. Morice, Assistant
Director of Law, for appellant.
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