Eighmey v. Cleveland

2022 Ohio 4729, 219 N.E.3d 932, 171 Ohio St. 3d 636

• Court: Ohio Supreme Court
• Decided: December 30, 2022
• Docket: 2020-0677
• Status: Published

Opinion

[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-4729 EIGHMEY, 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. __________________ {¶ 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. _________________ 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. _________________