Beary v. Larry Murphy Dump Truck Serv., Inc.

2012 Ohio 5626

• Court: Ohio Supreme Court
• Decided: December 5, 2012
• Docket: 2011-1899
• Status: Published

Opinion

[Cite as Beary v. Larry Murphy Dump Truck Serv., Inc., 134 Ohio St.3d 359, 2012-Ohio-5626.]

BEARY, APPELLANT, v. LARRY MURPHY DUMP TRUCK SERVICE, INC., ET AL., APPELLEES, ET AL. [Cite as Beary v. Larry Murphy Dump Truck Serv., Inc., 134 Ohio St.3d 359, 2012-Ohio-5626.] Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of Hewitt v. L.E. Myers Co.—Cause remanded. (No. 2011-1899—Submitted December 4, 2012—Decided December 5, 2012. APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Stark County, No. 2011-CA-00048, 2011-Ohio-4977. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Hewitt v. L.E. Myers Co., 134 Ohio St.3d 199, 2012-Ohio-5317, 981 N.E.2d 795, and the cause is remanded to the trial court to apply this court’s decision in Hewitt to determine whether the back-up alarm is “an equipment safety guard.” O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. __________________ Young & Sucher, P.L.L., and Daniel M. Sucher, for appellant Joseph Beary. Hanna, Campbell, & Powell, L.L.P., Kenneth A. Calderone, and John R. Chlysta, for appellee Larry Murphy Dump Truck Service, Inc. ______________________